September 14, 2026
Ms. Mejia (for herself and Ms. King-Hinds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish procedures for consistency of certain disaster loan outreach materials, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Disaster Loan Outreach Consistency Act
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Sec. 2. Procedures for consistency of disaster assistance outreach materials
(a) Outreach materials
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall establish procedures to ensure that outreach materials, including any press releases and fact sheets, prepared by each disaster field operations center of the Administration consistently include accurate and current information regarding—
(1)
the terms of the disaster loan program carried out under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b));
(2)
any applicable changes to Federal disaster assistance eligibility processes relevant to applicants for such disaster loan program; and
(3)
such additional information, as determined by the Administrator.
(b) Procedures
The procedures established under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)
standardized templates for outreach materials;
(2)
a process to verify, before public release, that outreach materials use the current templates and reflect current terms and eligibility processes for the disaster loan program;
(3)
a review process to ensure consistency in outreach materials and templates across disaster field operations centers, where such review occurs annually and immediately after any significant changes to such procedures; and
(4)
such additional procedures, as determined by the Administrator.
(c) Notification
Not later than 30 days after establishing or making significant changes to the procedures described in subsection (b), the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a notice of such establishment.