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

Summary

The Administrator must send a report within 45 days after a fiscal year ends to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the House Committee on Small Business. The report must say how many staff worked on disaster aid, note major changes to operations (like new technology or job duties), evaluate how well the agency responded—including the number and dollar amounts of loans for damage and for economic injury—and describe plans for responding to disasters in the next fiscal year.

Title 15, §657o

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Not later than 45 days after the end of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on the disaster assistance operations of the Administration for that fiscal year. The report shall—

(1)specify the number of Administration personnel involved in such operations;

(2)describe any material changes to those operations, such as changes to technologies used or to personnel responsibilities;

(3)describe and assess the effectiveness of the Administration in responding to disasters during that fiscal year, including a description of the number and amounts of loans made for damage and for economic injury; and

(4)describe the plans of the Administration for preparing to respond to disasters during the next fiscal year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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 L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub.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.

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.

§657o Annual Reports on Disaster Assistance