Title 15 › CHAPTER 14A — AID TO SMALL BUSINESS › § 636e
Defines key words used in the subtitle. Administration and Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and its head. Disaster area means a place hit by a natural or other disaster that is covered by a declaration under section 636(b)(1) or (2) while that declaration is in effect. Disaster loan program of the Administration means the assistance provided under section 636(b) as changed by this Act. Disaster update period starts when the President declares a major disaster (including those where the Administrator adds extra eligibility under paragraph (9) of section 636(b) as added by this Act) and ends when that declaration ends. Major disaster has the meaning given in 42 U.S.C. 5122. Small business concern has the meaning given in section 632. State includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any U.S. territory or possession.
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15 U.S.C. § 636e
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
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Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110