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Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP)

Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act

H.R. 3496 · House bill Commerce

A Republican bill with 3 Democratic cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House voice vote
  3. In Senate committee

The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act," aims to amend the Small Business Act. It specifically seeks to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the microloan program. The legislation modifies the Small Business Act by adding the Commonwealth after Guam in specific sections. It also includes a change to a numerical value within the existing law. Additionally, it makes a technical amendment regarding rural designations.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +7

    Does this make it easier to run a small business?

    The bill directly extends microloan eligibility to small businesses in the Northern Mariana Islands.

  • Scored +6

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    The bill provides much-needed capital access for entrepreneurs in the Northern Mariana Islands.

  • Scored +3

    Is this likely to create jobs?

    Expanded access to microloans can stimulate local entrepreneurship and job growth in the Northern Mariana Islands.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.