H.R. 3207: PREPARE Act
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H.R. 3207: PREPARE Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-13 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PREPARE Act
Plain summary
Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness And Resilient Enterprises Act or the PREPARE Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 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.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] · 22 cosponsors
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Sharice Davids (D-KS), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ted Lieu (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Ed Case (D-HI), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr3207.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr3207 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117