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

# §657o. Annual reports on disaster assistance


Not later than 45 days after the end of a fiscal year, the [Administrator](/usc/15/637c.md?p=1) shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on the [disaster](/usc/15/632.md?p=k-1) assistance operations of the [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) for that fiscal year. The report shall—

- (1) specify the number of [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) personnel involved in such operations;
- (2) describe any material changes to those operations, such as changes to technologies used or to personnel responsibilities;
- (3) describe and assess the effectiveness of the [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) in responding to [disasters](/usc/15/632.md?p=k-1) during that fiscal year, including a description of the number and amounts of loans made for damage and for economic injury; and
- (4) describe the plans of the [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) for preparing to respond to [disasters](/usc/15/632.md?p=k-1) during the next fiscal year.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–536, § 2[43], as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12091(g), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1426, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XII, § 12091(g), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2188.)

## 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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.