# 115-hr-4598: To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages.

115-hr-4598, To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages., is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4598
- Congress: 115
- Title: To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- Introduced: 2017-12-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill directs the Small Business Administration to make every effort to use multiple languages when informing the public about information related to the availability of additional disaster assistance in the event of a declared major disaster.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-4541: CHAMPION KIDS Act of 2017
- 115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-3207: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act
- 115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)
- 115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-1017: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-4598 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4598)

## Related
- [115-hr-4541: CHAMPION KIDS Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4541)
- [115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4107)
- [115-hr-3207: Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3207)
- [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740)
- [115-hr-2519: The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2519)
- [115-hr-1017: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1017)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4598 (as of 2025-11-18).