# Disaster Assistance Loan Program Updates
> **US Small Business Administration** · Direct final rule. · Published 2024-11-20 · Effective 2025-01-21 · 89 FR 91536
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-27028
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Small Business Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 91536
- **CFR reference:** 13 CFR 123
- **Publication date:** 2024-11-20
- **Effective date:** 2025-01-21
## Abstract

This direct final rule amends the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA or Agency) regulations governing the SBA Disaster Loan Program by revising the definition of contiguous counties, clarifying the timeline for a governor's request to be delivered to an SBA Disaster Assistance Field Operations Center, and modernizing language for clarity and consistency.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/20/2024-27028/disaster-assistance-loan-program-updates)
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