---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 657k"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "657k"
heading: "Disaster processing redundancy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/657k"
units:
  - "Chapter 14A — Aid to Small Business"
---

# §657k. Disaster processing redundancy

- (a) **In general—** The [Administrator](/usc/15/637c.md?p=1) shall ensure that the [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) has in place a facility for [disaster](/usc/15/632.md?p=k-1) loan processing that, whenever the [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1)’s primary facility for [disaster](/usc/15/632.md?p=k-1) loan processing becomes unavailable, is able to take over all [disaster](/usc/15/632.md?p=k-1) loan processing from that primary facility within 2 days.
- (b) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–536, § 2[39], as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12069, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1411, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XII, § 12069, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2173.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.