[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1607 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1607

   To provide conformity in Native small business opportunities and 
  promote job creation, manufacturing, and American economic recovery.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2013

Mr. Schatz (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
                          and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide conformity in Native small business opportunities and 
  promote job creation, manufacturing, and American economic recovery.

    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 ``Native Small Business Conformity Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS CONFORMITY.

    (a) HUBZone Eligibility.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3(p)(3) of the Small Business Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(3)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
                subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
                following:
                    ``(D) a small business concern that is owned and 
                controlled by an organization described in section 
                8(a)(15);''.
            (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--Section 
        3(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)(aa) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        632(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by striking ``subparagraph 
        (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of paragraph (3)'' and inserting 
        ``subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) or (F) of paragraph 
        (3)''.
    (b) 8(a) Program.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8(a)(6) of the Small Business Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
    ``(F) If an organization described in paragraph (15) establishes 
that it is economically disadvantaged under this paragraph in 
connection with an application for 1 small business concern owned or 
controlled by the organization, the organization shall not be required 
to reestablish that it is economically disadvantaged in order to have 
other businesses that it owns or controls certified for participation 
in the program under this subsection, unless specifically requested to 
do so by the Administration.''.
            (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by this subsection 
        shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 
        apply to determinations of economic disadvantage made before, 
        on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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