# H.R. 804 (119th): Rural Small Business Resilience Act

Rural Small Business Resilience Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to take necessary actions to ensure that individuals located in rural areas where a disaster has been declared have full access to disaster assistance. Such actions include providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to such individuals.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: disaster_relief. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: economic_support. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: rural_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: rural_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: small_business. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 49: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is an ordinary administrative program measure that promotes access to disaster relief, a prudential good with a plausible basis in general equity. It does not restrain a named evil or defend justice in a direct sense, and it raises no clear moral concern, so 'mixed' under the framework reflects a prudential administrative measure rather than a hard moral verdict.
Theological note: The measure concerns civil equity and neighbor-love in practical form: helping rural residents in disaster areas learn of and reach relief they are due. Scripture's concern for the vulnerable and for stewardship of public aid makes this a relevant issue, though it is an administrative outreach matter rather than a direct moral question.

## Recorded votes

Roll 49: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 415 · Nay 8 · Other 10.

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