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BillsHH.R. 3496

Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act

119th CongressIntroduced May 19, 2025Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]· MP
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
January 26, 2026

Summary

Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act This bill expands eligibility for the Small Business Administration microloan program to include entities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Committees

  • PrimarySmall Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
  • AlsoSmall Business Committee

CRS subjects

Administrative remediesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesNorthern Mariana Islands

Action history

  1. May 19, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 19, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 19, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  4. November 18, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. November 18, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 0.
  6. December 12, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-402.
  7. December 12, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-402.
  8. December 12, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 350.
  9. January 20, 2026Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. January 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H929-930)
  11. January 20, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3496.
  12. January 20, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H929)
  13. January 20, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H929)
  14. January 20, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. January 26, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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