S.Amdt. 4298

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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