Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3496 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3496

   To amend the Small Business Act for microloan eligibility for the
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2025

Ms. King-Hinds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL

   To amend the Small Business Act for microloan eligibility for the
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Mariana Islands Small
Business Access Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
              IN THE MICROLOAN PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 7(m)(7)(B) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 636(m)(7)(B)) is amended by inserting ``, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands'' after ``Guam'' each place it appears.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 7(m)(11)(C)(ii) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(11)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking
``rural'' and all that follows through the end of the clause and
inserting ``rural; and''.
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