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LEGISLATION/H.R. 4238

DLARA

119-HR-4238119th CongressIntroduced Jun 27, 2025Commerce
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Introduced
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Floor Vote
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Signed
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 448.

Sponsor

Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14](R-NC-14)
19 cosponsors

Summary

Disaster Loan Accountability and Reform Act or the DLARA

This bill modifies the Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loan program to require additional oversight and reports regarding the program.

First, the bill requires the SBA to report monthly on the operation of the disaster loan program. (Currently, the SBA must report only during the applicable period for a major disaster.) The report must estimate the date on which available funding for such loans will reach 10% of the most recent appropriation and the date on which the funds will be depleted. If a report is not submitted by the required date, no funds may be obligated for official travel by the SBA Administrator until the report is submitted. 

Second, the President's annual budget must include separate statements regarding the appropriations request for SBA disaster loans and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), including explanations for any difference between the amount requested and the 10-year average cost for such loans.

Third, the SBA must notify Congress when the unobligated balance of amounts available for disaster loans is less than 10% of the 10-year average annual cost provided in the most recent presidential budget.

Finally, the bill requires additional oversight of the disaster loan program, including

  • Government Accountability Office reports on the disbursement of disaster loans and the cost of specified SBA rules that modified the loan program; and
  • an SBA report on its actions to improve forecasting, data quality, and budget assumptions for the cost of disaster loans.

Subjects

Congressional oversightDisaster relief and insuranceGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsSmall business

Actions (18)

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 448.
Jun 24, 2026Senate
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 23, 2026House floor actions
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4143-4144)
Jun 23, 2026House floor actions
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 23, 2026Library of Congress
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4238.
Jun 23, 2026House floor actions
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4143-4145)
Jun 23, 2026House floor actions
Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 23, 2026House floor actions
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 603.
Jun 11, 2026House floor actions
Committee on the Budget discharged.
Jun 11, 2026House floor actions
Committee on the Budget discharged.
Jun 11, 2026Library of Congress
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-695, Part I.
Jun 11, 2026House floor actions
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-695, Part I.
Jun 11, 2026Library of Congress
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
May 20, 2026House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
May 20, 2026House committee actions
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 27, 2025House floor actions
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 27, 2025House floor actions
Introduced in House
Jun 27, 2025Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Jun 27, 2025Library of Congress
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