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S. 4532

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Summary

S. 4532, the Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act, was introduced in the Senate on May 14, 2026 by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D). It was referred to Small Business And Entrepreneurship, and last saw action on May 14, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.


Record

Text

S. 4532 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

sb4532/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S4532 IS: Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act
U.S. Senate
2026-05-14
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
II 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4532 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 14, 2026 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL
To include smoke in the definition of disaster in the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act .
2.
Definition of disaster
Section 3(k)(2) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(k)(2) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end;
(2)
in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(D)
smoke.
.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2026-05-14
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate May 14, 2026

sb4532/introduced-in-senate.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in Senate (05/14/2026)

Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act

This bill includes smoke within the definition of a disaster for the purpose of providing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations.

Sponsors

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) sponsors S. 4532 alone.

Committees

S. 4532 went before 1 committee: Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Referred To · May 14, 2026 · 80 Bills

Actions

S. 4532 has taken 2 actions since May 14, 2026.

ChamberAction
May 14, 2026
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
May 14, 2026
Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 4532 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 4532 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act — Display Title
  • Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to include smoke in the definition of disaster in the Small Business Act, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

13 clients hired 13 firms and 52 registered lobbyists who named S. 4532 in 30 quarterly filings, 2025 to 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 Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Immigration, Insurance, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia15
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONNew York15
ASTRIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.Develop therapies for patients with HAE, rare, and niche allergic and immunologic diseasesMassachusetts14$160K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC PHARMACISTSNon-Profit, National Membership Organization for Psychiatric PharmacistsNebraska13$90K
ESSENTIA HEALTHHealthcare/Prior Authorization processMinnesota13$60K
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)Maryland12
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETYMassachusetts12
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATIONOrganization of radiologists, radiologist oncologists & clinical medical physicists i…Virginia11$50K
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.District of Columbia11
GLAUKOS CORPORATIONResearch and product developmentCalifornia11
HUMANA INCKentucky11
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESDistrict of Columbia11
WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONWisconsin11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 52.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
HUMANA INCHUMANA, INC.2025 first_quarter$2.5M1st Quarter - Report
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$1.8M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$1.8M2nd Quarter - Report
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$1.1M3rd Quarter - Report
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONGREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$580K2nd Quarter - Report
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONGREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$570K2nd Quarter - Report
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$560K1st Quarter - Amendme…
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONGREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$550K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 second_quarter$540K2nd Quarter - Report
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONGREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$540K3rd Quarter - Report
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$530K1st Quarter - Report
GREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONGREATER NEW YORK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$530K1st Quarter - Report
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.2025 first_quarter$510K1st Quarter - Report
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETYMASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY2025 first_quarter$80K1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)2025 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETYMASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY2025 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATIONFORBES-TATE2025 first_quarter$50K1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CARE CENTERS (FKA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS)2025 first_quarter$50K1st Quarter - Report
GLAUKOS CORPORATIONGLAUKOS CORPORATION2025 first_quarter$45K1st Quarter - Report
ASTRIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.THE KPM GROUP DC LLC2025 fourth_quarter$40K4th Quarter - Termina…

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 4532 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 4532’s is Commerce.

s4532/policy-areas.txt
CommerceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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