,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bi1  
#bjac,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself and ,ms4 
,hirono7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,small ,business and     
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
provide conformity in ,native small     
business opportunities and promote job  
creation1 manufacturing1 and ,american  
economic recovery4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,native  
,small ,business ,conformity ,act of    
#bjac4  #b4 ,small business conformity  
7a7 ,h,u,b,zone eligibility  7#a7 ,in   
general ,section #c7p77#c7 of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4          
#fcb7p77#c77 is amended-- 7,a7 by       
redesignating subparagraphs 7,d7 and    
7,e7 as subparagraphs 7,e7 and 7,f71    
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,c7 the following3  
7,d7 a small business concern that is   
owned and controlled by an organization 

described in section #h7;a77#ae72  4    
7#b7 ,technical and conforming amendment
 ,section #c7p77#e77;,a77i77,i77aa7 of  
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb7p77#e77;,a77i77,i77aa77 is amended
 by striking subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71   
7,c71 7,d71 or 7,e7 of paragraph 7#c7   
and inserting subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71  
7,c71 7,d71 7,e7 or 7,f7 of paragraph   
7#c74  7b7 #h7;a7 program  7#a7 ,in     
general ,section #h7;a77#f7 of the      
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcg7;a77#f77 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  7,f7 ,if an     
organization described in paragraph     
7#ae7 establishes that it is            
economically disadvantaged under this   
paragraph in connection with an         
application for #a small business       
concern owned or controlled by the      
organization1 the organization shall not
 be required to reestablish that it is  
economically disadvantaged in order to  
have other businesses that it owns or   
controls certified for participation in 

the program under this subsection1      
unless specifically requested to do so  
by the ,administration4  4  7#b7        
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
this subsection shall take effect on the
 date of enactment of this ,act and     
apply to determinations of economic     
disadvantage made before1 on1 or after  
the date of enactment of this ,act4