1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017 . 2. Sense of Congress regarding disaster loan processing It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration should use district offices of the Administration whenever possible to expedite the processing of disaster loans under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(b) ). 3. Small business development center portability grants Section 21(a)(4)(C)(viii) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)(viii) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking as a result of a business or government facility down sizing or closing, which has resulted in the loss of jobs or small business instability and inserting due to events that have resulted or will result in a business or government facility downsizing or closing ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: At the discretion of the Administrator, the Administrator may make an award greater than $100,000 to a recipient to accommodate extraordinary occurrences having a catastrophic impact on the small business concerns in a community. . 4. Disaster assistance to critical enterprises Section 237 of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 ( 15 U.S.C. 636d ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking Farmers Home Administration and inserting Farm Service Agency ; (B) by striking major disaster and inserting major disaster or is vital to recovery efforts in the disaster area (including providing debris removal services, manufactured housing, gasoline, telecommunications, or building materials),