### Question
How does AID TO SMALL BUSINESS define qualified disaster area?


### Answer
Under *15 U.S.C. § 632*, **qualified disaster area** is defined as:

> any census tract or nonmetropolitan county located in an area for which the President has declared a major disaster under section 5170 of title 42 or located in an area in which a catastrophic incident has occurred if such census tract or nonmetropolitan county ceased to be qualified under subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable, during the period beginning 5 years before the date on which the President declared the major disaster or the catastrophic incident occurred and ending 2 years after such date, except that such census tract or nonmetropolitan county may be a "qualified disaster area" only—


(I) in the case of a major disaster declared by the President, during the 5-year period beginning on the date on which the President declared the major disaster for the area in which the census tract or nonmetropolitan county, as applicable, is located

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 632*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 14A-AID TO SMALL BUSINESS**

