[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4298. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION.

       The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 8(a) (15 U.S.C. 637(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) in clause (i)(III), by striking ``an economically 
     disadvantaged Native Hawaiian organization'' and inserting 
     ``a Native Hawaiian Organization''; and
       (II) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ``an economically 
     disadvantaged Native Hawaiian organization'' and inserting 
     ``a Native Hawaiian Organization''; and

       (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
     ``organizations'' and inserting ``Organizations''; and
       (B) in paragraph (15)(C), by striking ``such'' and 
     inserting ``economically disadvantaged individuals who are''; 
     and
       (2) in section 15(h)(2)(E)(vi) (15 U.S.C. 
     644(h)(2)(E)(vi)), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 
     inserting ``(as defined in section 8(a)(15))'' after 
     ``Organization''.
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