HHS Extends TANF Data Privacy Comment Deadline
Published Date: 7/20/2026
Notice
Summary
The Small Business Administration is updating its disaster loan forms to make them clearer and tougher on fraud. These changes affect businesses and homeowners applying for disaster help and include a new Social Security check. You’ve got until August 19, 2026, to share your thoughts, and these updates aim to speed up and secure the loan process without extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
SBA Revises Disaster Loan Form
The Small Business Administration updated the Disaster Business Loan Application (SBA Form 5) to standardize data fields and instructions and to reflect recent regulatory updates and Executive Order 14168. These changes are meant to make the form clearer for businesses and homeowners applying for disaster loans and to speed up the loan process. The information collection is identified under OMB Control Number 3245-0017.
New Social Security Consent Added
SBA added a new Social Security consent on the disaster loan application so the agency can check whether the applicant's information matches Social Security Administration records. This check is intended to ensure loans go only to eligible, real individuals or authorized business owners and to prevent fraudulent applications.
Estimated Respondent Time Burden
SBA estimates the Disaster Business Loan Application (SBA Form 5) will have 37,529 total annual responses and a total estimated annual hour burden of 46,911 hours. These numbers describe the paperwork time burden for disaster survivors seeking loan assistance under OMB Control Number 3245-0017.
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