# 116-hr-8370: Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020

116-hr-8370, Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8370
- Congress: 116
- Title: Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-09-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Small Business Disaster Relief Equity Act of 2020 This bill makes state-legal cannabis businesses eligible for disaster assistance, and it requires each agency that administers disaster assistance to allow these businesses to retroactively apply. Disaster assistance is any service, grant, loan, tax credit, tax deduction, or any other assistance that is made available in connection with (1) a federally declared disaster, or (2) specified COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief programs.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8790: 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act
- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8402: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuar…
- 116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8266: FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-8370 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8370)

## Related
- [116-hr-8790: 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8790)
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8433)
- [116-hr-8402: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Ruth Bader G…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8402)
- [116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8270)
- [116-hr-8266: FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8266)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8370 (as of 2025-11-18).