IIB 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6021 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship AN ACT 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Sep 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6021.RFS H6021 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 HR 6021 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Mariana Is- 2 lands Small Business Development Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 4 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS FOR CERTAIN 5 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PRO- 6 GRAMS. 7 The Small Business Act is amended— 8 (1) in section 21(a) (15 U.S.C. 648(a))— 9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 10 ‘‘The Administration shall require’’ the fol- 11 lowing new sentence: ‘‘The previous sentence 12 shall not apply to an applicant that has its 13 principal office located in the Commonwealth of 14 the Northern Mariana Islands.’’; and 15 (B) in paragraph (4)(C)(ix), by striking 16 ‘‘and American Samoa’’ and inserting ‘‘Amer- 17 ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 18 Northern Mariana Islands’’; and 19 (2) in section 34(a)(9) (15 U.S.C. 657d(a)(9)), 20 by striking ‘‘and American Samoa’’ and inserting 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Sep 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6021.RFS H6021 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 HR 6021 RFS ‘‘American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 1 Northern Mariana Islands’’. 2 Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 2020. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 Sep 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6021.RFS H6021 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS