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§657o Annual reports on disaster assistance

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 14A— - AID TO SMALL BUSINESS › § 657o

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must send a report to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the House Committee on Small Business within 45 days after the fiscal year ends. The report must say how many staff worked on disaster help, note major changes to operations (like new technology or different job duties), evaluate the year's response including the number and dollar amounts of loans for physical damage and for economic injury, and describe plans to prepare for the next fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §657o

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Not later than 45 days after the end of a fiscal year, the Administrator 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 assistance operations of the Administration for that fiscal year. The report shall—
(1)specify the number of Administration 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 in responding to disasters 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 for preparing to respond to disasters during the next fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 657o

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73