,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gihf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #g1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,san ,nicolas introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on ,small 
,business1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 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 ,organizations1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,native ,chamorro ,equity ,act4  #b4    
,chamorro ,registry ,program ,the       
,organic ,act of ,guam 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4   
#adba et seq47 is amended by inserting  
after section #c the following3  #d4 7a7
 ,there is established under the        
,department of ,chamorro ,affairs the   
,chamorro ,registry ,program which shall
 keep a database to serve as a genealogy

 bank to verify ,native ,chamorro       
ancestry requirements4 ,the ,president  
of the ,department of ,chamorro ,affairs
 shall include in the database the name 
of any individual who submits to that   
,president a request to be included and 
a copy of that individual's birth       
certificate and direct ancestors birth  
certificates that demonstrate that one  
or more of the individual's direct      
ancestors resided on ,guam before       
,august #a1 #aiej4  7b7 7#a7 ,in this   
section1 the term ,native ,chamorro     
means an individual who can document    
that one or more of the individual's    
direct ancestors resided on ,guam before
 ,august #a1 #aiej4  7#b7 ,no residency 
or blood quantum amount shall be        
required for an individual to qualify as
 a ,native ,chammoro under paragraph    
7#a74  4  #c4 ,small business           
contracting for ,native ,chamorro       
,organizations  7a7 ,native ,chamorro   
,organization defined ,section #c of the
 ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4   

#fcb7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new subsection3  7ff7     
,native ,chamorro ,organization  7#a7   
,in general ,in this ,act1 the term     
,native ,chamorro ,organization means   
any organization-- 7,a7 that is a       
nonprofit corporation that has filed    
articles of incorporation with the      
director 7or the designee thereof7 of   
the ,guam ,department of ,revenue and   
,taxation1 or any successor agency2     
7,b7 that is controlled by ,native      
,chamorros2 and  7,c7 whose business    
activities will principally benefit     
,native ,chamorros4  7#b7 ,rule of      
construction ,the ,administrator shall1 
to the extent practicable1 determine    
whether an organization is a ,native    
,chamorro ,organization in the same     
manner as such determination is made    
under section #h7;a77#ae7 with respect  
to ,native ,hawaiian ,organizations4  4 
7b7 ,socially and economically          
disadvantaged small business concern    
,section #h7;a77#d7 of the ,small       

,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcg7;a77#d77 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 in clause 7i7--
 7i7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by striking or
 at the end2 and  7ii7 by adding at the 
end the following new subclause3  7,,iv7
 an economically disadvantaged ,native  
,chamorro ,organization1 or  2 and  7,b7
 in clause 7ii7-- 7i7 in subclause      
7,,ii71 by striking or at the end2  7ii7
 in subclause 7,,iii71 by striking the  
period at the end and inserting 1 or2   
and  7iii7 by adding at the end the     
following new subclause3  7,,iv7 an     
economically disadvantaged ,native      
,chamorro ,organization4  2 and  7#b7 in
 subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 in clause     
7ii71 by striking or at the end2  7,b7  
in clause 7iii71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 1 or2 and  7,c7
 by adding at the end the following new 
clause3  7iv7 ,native ,chamorro         
,organizations described in subparagraph
 7,a77i77,,iv7 or subparagraph          
7,a77ii77,,iv74  4  7c7 ,h,u,b,zone     

small business concern ,section         
#ca7;b77#b7 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;a note7 
is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph       
7,e77ii71 by striking or at the end2    
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,f77iii71 by      
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or2 and  7#c7 by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,g7 a small business concern-- 7i7 that
 is wholly owned by one or more ,native 
,chamorro ,organizations1 or by a       
corporation that is wholly owned by one 
or more ,native ,chamorro               
,organizations2 or  7ii7 that is owned  
in part by one or more ,native ,chamorro
 ,organizations1 or by a corporation    
that is wholly owned by one or more     
,native ,chamorro ,organizations1 if all
 other owners are either ,united ,states
 citizens or small business concerns4  4
  7d7 ,findings ,section #b7;f77#a77;,c7
 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #fca7;f77#a77;,c77 is amended 
by inserting ,native ,chamorro          
,organizations1 after ,native ,hawaiian 

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