,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ba1 #bjai,ms4 
,velzquez 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,plaskett1 
,mr4 ,sablan1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 and ,mr4
 ,san ,nicolas7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,small ,business  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to give small business contracting 
credit for certain small businesses     
located in ,united ,states territories1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,contracting ,credit ,equality ,act of  
#bjai4  #b4 ,small business contracting 
credit for certain small businesses     
located in ,united ,states territories  
,section #ae7x7 of the ,small ,business 
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7x77 is         
amended--  7#a7 in the subsection       
heading1 by inserting and covered       
territory businesses after ,puerto ,rico
 businesses2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by
 inserting or a covered territory       

business after ,puerto ,rico business2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,covered 
territory business defined ,in this     
subsection1 the term covered territory  
business means a small business concern 
that has its principal office located in
 one of the following3  7,a7 ,the       
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands4  7,b7 
,american ,samoa4  7,c7 ,guam4  7,d7    
,the ,northern ,mariana ,islands4  4