HR 3496
Passed a chamber
Adds the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to the Small Business Administration's microloan program, placing it alongside Guam.
Official title: Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
19-MAY-2025
Referred
19-MAY-2025
Approved by committee
18-NOV-2025
Reported
12-DEC-2025
On the calendar
12-DEC-2025
Passed
20-JAN-2026
Senate
Received
26-JAN-2026
- Extends microloan eligibility to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands everywhere the Small Business Act names Guam in the microloan provision.
- Changes a fraction in the microloan provision from 1/55 to 1/56.
- Makes a technical amendment to a clause on rural areas in the microloan section, replacing its closing language with 'rural; and'.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (12-DEC-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 20-JAN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Small Business Committee (House)
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (Senate)
Commerce
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