H.R. 3556

Summary

H.R. 3556, the To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes, was introduced in the House on May 21, 2025 by Rep. Joseph Neguse (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Small Business, and last saw action on May 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Record

Text

H.R. 3556 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 3556 IH: To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-05-21
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3556  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 21, 2025   Mr. Neguse  (for himself and  Mr. Edwards ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Small Business    A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and
  communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for other
  purposes.
1.
Modification to application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance
Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(b) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (4)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)—
(i)
by striking  correspond with application deadlines  and inserting  end on the date that is 60 days after any application deadlines that are ; and
(ii)
by striking  , or as  and inserting  or that are ;
(B)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
(C)
Late applications
The Administrator may accept an application for disaster relief relating to a major disaster under this paragraph at any time after the deadline in subparagraph (A) if the applicant demonstrates good cause for the late submission.
  ; and
(C)
in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking  and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives  and inserting  , the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, and each office of a Member of Congress that represents a district in which a major disaster has occurred ; and
(2)
in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting  and to communicate to each office of a Member of Congress that represents a district in which a major disaster has occurred,  after  web-based outlets, .

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To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Joseph Neguse (D) sponsors H.R. 3556, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Joseph Neguse

Rep. · D–CO-2 · Sponsor

Introduced May 21, 2025

Chuck Edwards

Rep. · R–NC-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 21, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 3556 went before 1 committee: Small Business.

Small Business

Small Business

Referred To · May 21, 2025 · 81 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3556 has taken 2 actions since May 21, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3556 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3556 goes by 2 titles.

• To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes. — Display Title

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3556 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Clean Air and Water (quality), Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, District of Columbia, Education, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3556 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3556’s is Commerce.

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