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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7986 

To provide for contracting with Native Chamorro Organizations, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 7, 2020 

Mr. SAN NICOLAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 

Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for contracting with Native Chamorro 

Organizations, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native Chamorro Eq5 uity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHAMORRO REGISTRY PROGRAM. 

7 The Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) 

8 is amended by inserting after section 3 the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 4. (a) There is established under the Depart2 ment of Chamorro Affairs the ‘Chamorro Registry Pro3 gram’ which shall keep a database to serve as a genealogy 

4 bank to verify Native Chamorro ancestry requirements. 

5 The President of the Department of Chamorro Affairs 

6 shall include in the database the name of any individual 

7 who submits to that President a request to be included 

8 and a copy of that individual’s birth certificate and direct 

9 ancestors birth certificates that demonstrate that one or 

10 more of the individual’s direct ancestors resided on Guam 

11 before August 1, 1950. 

12 ‘‘(b)(1) In this section, the term ‘Native Chamorro’ 

13 means an individual who can document that one or more 

14 of the individual’s direct ancestors resided on Guam before 

15 August 1, 1950. 

16 ‘‘(2) No residency or blood quantum amount shall be 

17 required for an individual to qualify as a ‘Native 

18 Chammoro’ under paragraph (1).’’. 

19 SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING FOR NATIVE 

20 CHAMORRO ORGANIZATIONS. 

21 (a) NATIVE CHAMORRO ORGANIZATION DEFINED.— 

22 Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following new sub24 section: 

25 ‘‘(ff) NATIVE CHAMORRO ORGANIZATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this Act, the term ‘Na2 tive Chamorro Organization’ means any organiza3 tion— 

4 ‘‘(A) that is a nonprofit corporation that 

5 has filed articles of incorporation with the di6 rector (or the designee thereof) of the Guam 

7 Department of Revenue and Taxation, or any 

8 successor agency; 

9 ‘‘(B) that is controlled by Native 

10 Chamorros; and 

11 ‘‘(C) whose business activities will prin12 cipally benefit Native Chamorros. 

13 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Adminis14 trator shall, to the extent practicable, determine 

15 whether an organization is a Native Chamorro Orga16 nization in the same manner as such determination 

17 is made under section 8(a)(15) with respect to Na18 tive Hawaiian Organizations.’’. 

19 (b) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED

20 SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—Section 8(a)(4) of the 

21 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)) is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

23 (A) in clause (i)— 

24 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

25 at the end; and 


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1 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

2 new subclause: 

3 ‘‘(IV) an economically disadvantaged Na4 tive Chamorro Organization, or’’; and 

5 (B) in clause (ii)— 

6 (i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

7 at the end; 

8 (ii) in subclause (III), by striking the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

10 (iii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing new subclause: 

12 ‘‘(IV) an economically disadvantaged Na13 tive Chamorro Organization.’’; and 

14 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

20 clause: 

21 ‘‘(iv) Native Chamorro Organizations described 

22 in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) or subparagraph 

23 (A)(ii)(IV).’’. 

24 (c) HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—Sec25 tion 31(b)(2) (15 U.S.C. 657a note) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (F)(iii), by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub6 paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(G) a small business concern— 

8 ‘‘(i) that is wholly owned by one or 

9 more Native Chamorro Organizations, or 

10 by a corporation that is wholly owned by 

11 one or more Native Chamorro Organiza12 tions; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) that is owned in part by one or 

14 more Native Chamorro Organizations, or 

15 by a corporation that is wholly owned by 

16 one or more Native Chamorro Organiza17 tions, if all other owners are either United 

18 States citizens or small business con19 cerns.’’. 

20 (d) FINDINGS.—Section 2(f)(1)(C) of the Small Busi21 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 631(f)(1)(C)) is amended by inserting 

22 ‘‘Native Chamorro Organizations,’’ after ‘‘Native Hawai23 ian Organizations,’’. 

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