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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4102 
To provide for contracting with Native CHamoru Organizations, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2021 
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 Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for contracting with Native CHamoru 
Organizations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native CHamoru Eq-
uity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHAMORU REGISTRY PROGRAM. 
The Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 3 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 4. (a) There is established under the Office of 
the Governor the ‘CHamoru Registry Program’, which 
shall keep a database to serve as a genealogy bank to 
verify Native CHamoru ancestry requirements. The Gov-
ernor of Guam shall include in the database the name of 
any individual who submits to the Governor of Guam a 
request to be included and a copy of the birth certificate 
of that individual and birth certificates of direct ancestors 
that demonstrate that one or more of the individual’s di-
rect ancestors resided on Guam before August 1, 1950. 
‘‘(b) Not less than once every 3 years, the Office of 
Public Auditor shall audit the database established by sub-
section (a) to ensure the accuracy of the database and that 
the database is in compliance with the requirements of 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(c)(1) In this section, the term ‘Native CHamoru’ 
means an individual who can document that one or more 
of the individual’s direct ancestors resided on Guam before 
August 1, 1950. 
‘‘(2) No residency or blood quantum amount shall be 
required for an individual to qualify as a ‘Native 
CHamoru’ under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) The Superior Court of Guam shall have original 
jurisdiction over all judicial proceedings with respect to 
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the CHamoru Registry Program and the database estab-
lished by subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING FOR NATIVE 
CHAMORU ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) NATIVE CHAMORU ORGANIZATION DEFINED.— 
Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(gg) NATIVE CHAMORU ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this Act, the term ‘Na-
tive CHamoru Organization’ means any organiza-
tion— 
‘‘(A) that is a nonprofit corporation that 
has filed articles of incorporation with the di-
rector (or the designee thereof) of the Guam 
Department of Revenue and Taxation, or any 
successor agency; 
‘‘(B) 
that 
is 
controlled 
by 
Native 
CHamorus; and 
‘‘(C) whose business activities will prin-
cipally benefit Native CHamorus. 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Adminis-
trator shall, to the extent practicable, determine 
whether an organization is a Native CHamoru Orga-
nization in the same manner as such determination 
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is made under section 8(a)(15) with respect to Na-
tive Hawaiian Organizations.’’. 
(b) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—Section 8(a)(4) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i)— 
(i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subclause: 
‘‘(IV) an economically disadvantaged Na-
tive CHamoru Organization, or’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(ii) in subclause (III), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(IV) an economically disadvantaged Na-
tive CHamoru Organization.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
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(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) Native CHamoru Organizations described 
in 
subparagraph 
(A)(i)(IV) 
or 
subparagraph 
(A)(ii)(IV).’’. 
(c) HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—Sec-
tion 31(b)(2) (15 U.S.C. 657a note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (F)(iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) a small business concern— 
‘‘(i) that is wholly owned by one or 
more Native CHamoru Organizations, or 
by a corporation that is wholly owned by 
one or more Native CHamoru Organiza-
tions; or 
‘‘(ii) that is owned in part by one or 
more Native CHamoru Organizations, or 
by a corporation that is wholly owned by 
one or more Native CHamoru Organiza-
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tions, if all other owners are either United 
States citizens or small business con-
cerns.’’. 
(d) FINDINGS.—Section 2(f)(1)(C) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 631(f)(1)(C)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘Native CHamoru Organizations,’’ after ‘‘Native Hawai-
ian Organizations,’’. 
Æ 
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