PREPARE Act
Latest action · Apr 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness And Resilient Enterprises Act or the PREPARE Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 a pre-disaster mitigation program, administered by the Small Business Administration, for disbursing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses for protection of real estate, equipment, inventory, supplies, and materials. The bill also increases the amount for loans to take mitigating actions to protect damaged or destroyed property from possible future disasters.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2023 to Oct 15, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Apr 27, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Oct 18, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Oct 18, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 30, 2024 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jun 4, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Oct 15, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 71, April 27, 2023, page H2087.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1370 | PREPARE Act of 2023 | Related bill | Apr 27, 2023 |
| HR 3207 | PREPARE Act | Reintroduction of | May 13, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize and limit the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PREPARE Act
- Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness And Resilient Enterprises Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
