Pappas Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen and Support Rural Small Businesses

Representative Chris Pappas (NH-01), along with Representatives Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Aaron Bean (FL-04), and Troy Downing (MT-02) reintroduced the Rural Small Business Resilience Act which would improve access to disaster assistance for rural small businesses.

"Rural small businesses face unique challenges and a one-size-fits-all approach by government agencies is ineffective in providing the support they need,” said Congressman Pappas. “This bipartisan legislation would require the Small Business Administration to ensure its outreach and marketing efforts are reaching rural small businesses and that they have full access to SBA disaster assistance. I remain committed to ensuring New Hampshire's Main Street economy can grow and thrive, and I will continue to work in a bipartisan fashion to build support for this and other legislation to help our small businesses."

This Rural Small Business Resilience Act would require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop specific outreach policies and procedures for rural communities and ensure that rural small businesses have full access to SBA disaster assistance, specifically tailoring outreach and marketing plans for SBA's Disaster Loan Program to address challenges rural communities face in accessing disaster relief.

In the 118th Congress, Pappas’s Rural Small Business Resilience Act passed the House with unanimous, bipartisan support.