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HR 3792 100th Congress House Emergency Management Business and commerce Disaster relief Disasters Disasters and Disaster Relief Environmental Protection Eutrophication New York State Small business Water pollution control

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent Long Island brown tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the…

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A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent Long Island brown tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 17, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on SBA, and the General Economy.
Dec 17, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Small Business.
Dec 17, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent Long Island brown tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act.

Prohibits making eligibility of individual applicants for assistance dependent on: (1) the number of disaster victims in any county or other political subdivision; or (2) whether or not an applicant who normally conducts operations in the area of such contamination is otherwise situated or located in such area.

What's happening now December 22, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on SBA, and the General Economy.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 17, 1988
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3792: A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent Long Island brown tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3792/
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"H.R. 3792: A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to declare the recent Long Island brown tide contamination a disaster for purposes of providing disaster assistance under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3792/.
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H.R. 3792, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3792/.
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