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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 10355 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10355

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
establish procedures for consistency of certain disaster loan outreach 
                   materials, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2026

  Ms. Mejia (for herself and Ms. King-Hinds) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL

 
 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
establish procedures for consistency of certain disaster loan outreach 
                   materials, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Loan Outreach Consistency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR CONSISTENCY OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE OUTREACH 
              MATERIALS.

    (a) Outreach Materials.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall establish procedures to ensure that outreach 
materials, including any press releases and fact sheets, prepared by 
each disaster field operations center of the Administration 
consistently include accurate and current information regarding--
            (1) the terms of the disaster loan program carried out 
        under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        636(b));
            (2) any applicable changes to Federal disaster assistance 
        eligibility processes relevant to applicants for such disaster 
        loan program; and
            (3) such additional information, as determined by the 
        Administrator.
    (b) Procedures.--The procedures established under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) standardized templates for outreach materials;
            (2) a process to verify, before public release, that 
        outreach materials use the current templates and reflect 
        current terms and eligibility processes for the disaster loan 
        program;
            (3) a review process to ensure consistency in outreach 
        materials and templates across disaster field operations 
        centers, where such review occurs annually and immediately 
        after any significant changes to such procedures; and
            (4) such additional procedures, as determined by the 
        Administrator.
    (c) Notification.--Not later than 30 days after establishing or 
making significant changes to the procedures described in subsection 
(b), the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a notice of such establishment.
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Disaster Loan Outreach Consistency Act

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