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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2950 

To amend the Small Business Act to streamline and clarify small business 

contracting opportunities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 7, 2015 

Mr. TAKAI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Small Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to streamline and clarify 

small business contracting opportunities, 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 ‘‘Small Business Con5 tracting Clarity Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Native Hawaiians make up an economically 

9 disadvantaged group. 


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1 (2) According to statistics from 2013, in the 

2 United States— 

3 (A) only 1 in 5 Native Hawaiians had at4 tained a bachelor’s degree or higher (20.5 per5 cent), which is lower than percentage nationally 

6 (29.1 percent), the percentage for Whites (32.5 

7 percent), and the percentage for Asians (50.7 

8 percent); 

9 (B) the unemployment rate of Native Ha10 waiians (7.5 percent) was higher than the na11 tional unemployment rate (5.9 percent); 

12 (C) Native Hawaiians remained underrep13 resented in management, business, sciences and 

14 arts occupations (28.4 percent) in comparison 

15 to the national level or representation (36.2 

16 percent); 

17 (D) the average earnings of a Native Ha18 waiian household ($70,686) was lower than the 

19 national average ($74,657); 

20 (E) the percentage of Native Hawaiian 

21 households receiving benefits from the supple22 mental nutrition assistance program (18.8 per23 cent) was higher than the national percentage 

24 (13.4 percent); 


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1 (F) the poverty rate of Native Hawaiian 

2 families (13.2 percent) remains higher than the 

3 national rate (11.7 percent); and 

4 (G) approximately 34 percent of Native 

5 Hawaiian households surveyed did not have a 

6 savings account, in comparison to 29.5 percent 

7 of all households surveyed. 

8 (3) In 2001, the Department of the Treasury 

9 found that Native Hawaiians living on Hawaiian 

10 Home Lands (as defined in section 247(d)(2) of the 

11 National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–12(d)(2))) 

12 face significant barriers to capital access, credit, and 

13 basic financial services. 

14 (4) The United States as a whole will benefit 

15 from policies that assist Native Hawaiians in eco16 nomic equality. 

17 (5) Participation in the free enterprise system 

18 is essential to gain economic equality and self-suffi19 ciency for Native Hawaiians. 

20 (6) Government procurement from Native Ha21 waiian Organizations (as defined in section 8(a)(15) 

22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15))) 

23 offers a way for Native Hawaiians to participate in 

24 our free enterprise system by providing goods and 

25 services, revenue, and jobs for Native Hawaiians. 


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1 (7) Consistent promotion of and Federal assist2 ance for Native Hawaiian Organizations will guar3 antee that Native Hawaiians gain and maintain eco4 nomic equality. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that it is in the best interests of the United States 

7 to consistently promote and assist Native Hawaiian Orga8 nizations. 

9 SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS CONFORMITY. 

10 (a) HUBZONE ELIGIBILITY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(p)(3) of the Small 

12 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(3)) is amended— 

13 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

14 and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec15 tively; and 

16 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(D) a small business concern— 

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

20 more Native Hawaiian Organizations (as 

21 defined in section 8(a)(15)), or by a cor22 poration that is wholly owned by one or 

23 more Native Hawaiian Organizations; or 

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

25 more Native Hawaiian Organizations, or 


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1 by a corporation that is wholly owned by 

2 one or more Native Hawaiian Organiza3 tions, if all other owners are either United 

4 States citizens or small business con5 cerns;’’. 

6 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

7 3(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)(aa) of the Small Business Act (15 

8 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of 

10 paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A), 

11 (B), (C), (D), (E) or (F) of paragraph (3)’’. 

12 (b) 8(a) PROGRAM.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(6)(A) of the 

14 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(6)(A)) is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following new 

16 sentence: ‘‘Native Hawaiian Organizations (as de17 fined in paragraph (15)) shall be deemed to be eco18 nomically disadvantaged for the purposes of this 

19 subsection.’’. 

20 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 

21 this subsection shall take effect on the date of enact22 ment of this Act and apply to determinations of eco23 nomic disadvantage made before, on, or after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act. 

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