II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1763 To include smoke in the definition of disaster in the Small Business Act, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 31 (legislative day, MAY 30), 2023 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Wild- 4 fire Smoke Recovery Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF DISASTER. 6 Section 3(k)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 7 632(k)(2)) is amended— 8 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 9 the end; 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Jun 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1763.IS S1763 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1763 IS (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 1 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2 (3) by adding at the end the following: 3 ‘‘(D) smoke.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Jun 15, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1763.IS S1763 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB