# 115-hr-6826: ASCEND Act of 2018

115-hr-6826, ASCEND Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (as of 2025-11-18).

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- As of: 2025-11-18
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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6826
- Congress: 115
- Title: ASCEND Act of 2018
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- Introduced: 2018-09-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2018 or the ASCEND Act of 2018 This bill makes Small Business Administration loans available to small business concerns, homeowners, nonprofit entities, and renters located in an area where a major disaster was declared by reason of by Hurricane Harvey, Irma, or Maria. The bill also revises collateral requirements for disaster loans.

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- 115-hr-7382: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Lobbying Regulation Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7355: PRRADA
- 115-hr-7354: Small Business Lending Fairness Act
- 115-hr-7293: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the "Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office".
- 115-hr-7240: To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the "Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the…
- 115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-6826 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6826)

## Related
- [115-hr-7382: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Lobbying Regulation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7382)
- [115-hr-7355: PRRADA](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7355)
- [115-hr-7354: Small Business Lending Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7354)
- [115-hr-7293: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ay…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7293)
- [115-hr-7240: To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7240)
- [115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7228)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6826 (as of 2025-11-18).