15 U.S.C. § 657i — Coordination of disaster assistance programs with FEMA

submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 85-536 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 145 words · no verdicts yet

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The Administrator must coordinate Small Business Administration disaster programs with FEMA programs as far as practicable. The Administrator must create, update, and report on rules that route disaster applications quickly to the proper agency.

(a) Coordination required. The Administrator must coordinate the Administration’s disaster-assistance programs with FEMA’s disaster-assistance programs as far as practicable. (b) Regulations required. After consulting FEMA’s Administrator, the Administrator must issue rules so that each disaster-assistance application is sent to the Administration as quickly as practicable or directed to the proper agency for the circumstances. (c) Completion; revision. The first rules must be completed within 270 days after the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008 was enacted. After that, the rules must be revised every year. (d) Report. Whenever the Administration submits the report required by section 657o, the Administrator must include a report about these rules.

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(a) Coordination required

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) Regulations required

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.

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) Report

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

Source credit: (Pub. L. 85–536, § 2[37], as added Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12062(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1407, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XII, § 12062(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2169.)

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2008Enacted · Pub. L. 85-536 · 122 Stat. 1407

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