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S 2623 100th Congress Senate Commerce Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural credit Agricultural economics Agricultural societies Agriculture and Rural Affairs Business and commerce Disaster loans Disaster relief Disasters and Disaster Relief Droughts Federally-guaranteed loans Government lending Small business

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to clarify the Administrator's authority to make economic injury disaster loans in case of drought.

Introduced: July 8, 1988 See on congress.gov
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Jul 8, 1988
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.
Jul 8, 1988
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Small Business Act to treat droughts as disasters for purposes of the economic injury disaster loan program.

What's happening now July 8, 1988

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jul 8, 1988
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2623: A bill to amend the Small Business Act to clarify the Administrator's authority to make economic injury disaster loans in case of drought.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-2623/
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"S. 2623: A bill to amend the Small Business Act to clarify the Administrator's authority to make economic injury disaster loans in case of drought.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-2623/.
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S. 2623, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-2623/.
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[S. 2623: A bill to amend the Small Business Act to clarify the Administrator's authority to make economic injury disaster loans in case of drought.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-2623/)
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