15 U.S.C. § 636g: Development and implementatio…

Summary

Within 3 months after this Act becomes law, the Administrator must change the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season disaster response plan so it applies to major disasters and must send a report about those changes to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the House Committee on Small Business. The report must say what has changed since the July 14, 2006 report and explain how District Office staff will be used, including for loan processing and disbursement. It must describe the agency’s scalability model and its Disaster Oversight Council (and say whether the Associate Deputy Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development is a member). The report must cover coordination with State and local officials and ways to include State programs like bridge loans, and recommend how to work better with other government levels. It must include any surge plan for the disaster loan program in effect on or after August 29, 2005 (covering loss verification, loan processing, mailroom, customer service or call centers, and continuity of operations), the number of full-time equivalent staff and their job descriptions, training procedures, logistical support and how it will scale, findings from reviews of the responses to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma of 2005, and a plan, made with FEMA, for housing and supporting disaster workers. Every 2 fiscal years the Administrator must run a disaster simulation that includes at least 50 percent of the disaster reserve corps and stress-tests all vital IT and telecom systems at maximum capacity, and must report on those exercises each time the Administration files the report required under section 657o.

Title 15, §636g

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(a)In general

Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall—

(1)by rule, amend the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season disaster response plan of the Administration (in this section referred to as the “disaster response plan”) to apply to major disasters; and

(2)submit a report to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives detailing the amendments to the disaster response plan.

(b)Contents

The report required under subsection (a)(2) shall include—

(1)any updates or modifications made to the disaster response plan since the report regarding the disaster response plan submitted to Congress on July 14, 2006;

(2)a description of how the Administrator plans to use and integrate District Office personnel of the Administration in the response to a major disaster, including information on the use of personnel for loan processing and loan disbursement;

(3)a description of the disaster scalability model of the Administration and on what basis or function the plan is scaled;

(4)a description of how the agency-wide Disaster Oversight Council is structured, which offices comprise its membership, and whether the Associate Deputy Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development of the Administration is a member;

(5)a description of how the Administrator plans to coordinate the disaster efforts of the Administration with State and local government officials, including recommendations on how to better incorporate State initiatives or programs, such as State-administered bridge loan programs, into the disaster response of the Administration;

(6)recommendations, if any, on how the Administration can better coordinate its disaster response operations with the operations of other Federal, State, and local entities;

(7)any surge plan for the disaster loan program of the Administration in effect on or after August 29, 2005 (including surge plans for loss verification, loan processing, mailroom, customer service or call center operations, and a continuity of operations plan);

(8)the number of full-time equivalent employees and job descriptions for the planning and disaster response staff of the Administration;

(9)the in-service and preservice training procedures for disaster response staff of the Administration;

(10)information on the logistical support plans of the Administration (including equipment and staffing needs, and detailed information on how such plans will be scalable depending on the size and scope of the major disaster ;

(11)a description of the findings and recommendations of the Administrator, if any, based on a review of the response of the Administration to Hurricane Katrina of 2005, Hurricane Rita of 2005, and Hurricane Wilma of 2005; and

(12)a plan for how the Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will coordinate the provision of accommodations and necessary resources for disaster assistance personnel to effectively perform their responsibilities in the aftermath of a major disaster.

(c)Biennial disaster simulation exercise

(1)Exercise required

The Administrator shall conduct a disaster simulation exercise at least once every 2 fiscal years. The exercise shall include the participation of, at a minimum, not less than 50 percent of the individuals in the disaster reserve corps and shall test, at maximum capacity, all of the information technology and telecommunications systems of the Administration that are vital to the activities of the Administration during such a disaster.

(2)Report

The Administrator shall include a report on the disaster simulation exercises conducted under paragraph (1) each time the Administration submits a report required under section 657o of this title, as added by this Act.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved June 18, 2008. section 657o of this title, as added by this Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is section 657o of this title, as added by Pub. L. 110–246. Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246. Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and also as part of the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

§636g Development and Implementation of Major Disaster Response Plan