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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2603
To amend the Small Business Act to ensure that the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands is eligible for certain Small Business
Administration programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 8, 2019
Mr. SABLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to ensure that the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is eligible
for certain Small Business Administration programs, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Mariana Is-
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lands Small Business Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS FOR CERTAIN
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SMALL
BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
PRO-
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GRAMS.
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The Small Business Act is amended—
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(1)
in
section
7(m)(7)(B)
(15
U.S.C.
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636(m)(7)(B))—
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(A) by striking ‘‘and American Samoa’’
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each place such term appears and inserting
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‘‘American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of
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the Northern Mariana Islands’’; and
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(B) in clause (i)(I)(bb), by striking ‘‘1⁄55’’
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and inserting ‘‘1⁄56’’;
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(2) in section 21(a) (15 U.S.C. 648(a))—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before
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‘‘The Administration shall require’’ the fol-
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lowing new sentence: ‘‘The previous sentence
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shall not apply to an applicant that has its
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principal office located in the Commonwealth of
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the Northern Mariana Islands.’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (4)(C)(ix), by striking
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‘‘and American Samoa’’ and inserting ‘‘Amer-
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ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
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Northern Mariana Islands’’; and
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(3) in section 34(a)(9) (15 U.S.C. 657d(a)(9)),
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by striking ‘‘and American Samoa’’ and inserting
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‘‘American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the
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