ELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 12081. ELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE. Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is amended by inserting immediately after paragraph (8), as added by this Act, the following:“(9) Declaration of eligibility for additional disaster assistance.—“(A) In general.—If the President declares a major disaster, the Administrator may declare eligibility for additional disaster assistance in accordance with this paragraph.“(B) Threshold.—A major disaster for which the Administrator declares eligibility for additional disaster assistance under this paragraph shall—“(i) have resulted in extraordinary levels of casualties or damage or disruption severely affecting the population (including mass evacuations), infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions in an area;“(ii) be comparable to the description of a catastrophic incident in the National Response Plan of the Administration, or any successor thereto, unless there is no successor to such plan, in which case this clause shall have no force or effect; and“(iii) be of such size and scope that—“(I) the disaster assistance programs under the other paragraphs under this subsection are 122 STAT. 2179 incapable of providing adequate and timely assistance to individuals or business concerns located within the disaster area; or“(II) a significant number of business concerns outside the disaster area have suffered disaster-related substantial economic injury as a result of the incident.”.