§657i — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Make the Small Business Administration's disaster aid programs work with FEMA's disaster aid programs as much as possible. The head of the SBA must work with FEMA's head to make rules so each disaster aid application is sent quickly to the SBA or to the right agency for the situation. The first rules must be finished within 270 days after the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008 became law. After that, the rules must be updated every year. The SBA must report on these rules whenever it files the report required by section 657o.

Title 15, §657i

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(a)The Administrator shall ensure that the disaster assistance programs of the Administration are coordinated, to the maximum extent practicable, with the disaster assistance programs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(b)The Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall establish regulations to ensure that each application for disaster assistance is submitted as quickly as practicable to the Administration or directed to the appropriate agency under the circumstances.

(c)The initial regulations shall be completed not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008. Thereafter, the regulations shall be revised on an annual basis.

(d)The Administrator shall include a report on the regulations whenever the Administration submits the report required by section 657o of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (c), is the date of enactment of subtitle B (§§ 12051–12091) of title XII of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved June 18, 2008. 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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2[37] of Pub. L. 85–536 was renumbered section 2[49] and is set out as a note under section 631 of this title.

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.

§657i Coordination of Disaster Assistance Programs with Fema