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6504
2023-03-09T17:47:08Z
2023-03-09T17:47:08Z
House
HR
2022-01-25
117
[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SAN NICOLAS:H.R. 6504.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause I provides Congress with thepower to ``lay and collect Taxes; Duties, Imposts, andExcises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfareof the United States''. And Article I, Section 8, clause 3provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce withforeign nations, and among the several states, and with theIndian tribes.''[Page H302]
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Natural Resources Committee
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Small Business Committee
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Standing
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2022-01-25T15:03:45Z

- Native CHamoru Equity Act
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4102
HR
2021-06-23
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Committee Hearings Held.
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Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Small Business Committee
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Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Natural Resources Committee
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
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Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
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Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
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Sablan
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MP
Kilili Camacho
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2022-01-25
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Native Americans
- Economic development
- Government information and archives
- Guam
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Public contracts and procurement
- Small business
- Tax-exempt organizations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
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2022-01-25
Introduced in House
2022-05-16T16:48:01Z
Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act
This bill establishes a CHamoru Registry program. It also allows eligible Native CHamoru organizations and Native Northern Marianas organizations to qualify for federal contracting opportunities through their participation in certain small business programs that are administered by the Small Business Administration.
First, the bill establishes a CHamoru Registry program under the Office of the Governor of Guam. The program must keep a database to serve as a genealogy bank to verify Native CHamoru ancestry requirements.
Next, it treats businesses owned by economically disadvantaged Native CHamoru organizations or Native Northern Marianas organizations as socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses for purposes of the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development program, which is commonly known as the 8(a) program. Further, it allows businesses that are owned by Native CHamoru organizations or Native Northern Marianas organizations to participate in the Historically Underutilized Business Zone Empowerment Contracting (HUBZone) program.
The 8(a) program and the HUBZone program each limit competition for certain government contracts to participating small businesses.

Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act
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Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act
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Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act
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To require the Governor of Guam to establish a database for verifying Native CHamoru ancestry, and for other purposes.
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2022-01-25T05:00:00Z
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