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HR 4598 115th Congress House Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Disaster relief and insurance Foreign language and bilingual programs Government lending and loan guarantees Small Business Administration Small business

To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages.

Introduced: December 7, 2017 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Dec 7, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Small Business Administration to make every effort to use multiple languages when informing the public about information related to the availability of additional disaster assistance in the event of a declared major disaster.

What's happening now December 7, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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