To amend section 7(b) of the Small Business Act to make disaster loans available for damages caused by prolonged power outages, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7071.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 11, January 22, 2024, Page H247):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Power Outage.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2024 ↗

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  192 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7071, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7071

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a88f565629bd0830abf2aad368fd8186c39d69e555ad834378139810c8c9e08

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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