S. 371 119th Congress Senate

SBA Disaster Transparency Act

Official title: A bill to require certain reports on small business disaster assistance to be published on the website of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 3, 2025 Introduced by: Tim Scott Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov

Commerce Disaster relief and insuranceGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaSmall business

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Mar 4, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 23.

Mar 4, 2025

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Ernst without amendment. Without written report.

Feb 12, 2025

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Feb 3, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now March 4, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 23.

Hearings & markups 1

Business meeting to consider S.298, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 pe…
Meeting Feb 12, 2025 · 9:30 AM EST · Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 2 versions

Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Reported to Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 1

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB)
1 filing
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
1 filing
Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)
1 filing
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
1 filing
Bureau of Reclamation
1 filing
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
1 filing
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 6

Warnock, Raphael G.

Georgia · Dec 17, 2025

Warner, Mark R.

Virginia · Feb 19, 2025

Blackburn, Marsha

Tennessee · Feb 3, 2025

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · Feb 3, 2025

Schiff, Adam B.

California · Feb 3, 2025

Scott, Rick

Florida · Feb 3, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 371: SBA Disaster Transparency Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-371/

MLA

"S. 371: SBA Disaster Transparency Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-371/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 371, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-371/.

Markdown link

[S. 371: SBA Disaster Transparency Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-371/)