,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ba1
 #bjbc,ms4 ,hirono introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to define the term ,state for the  
purposes of the microloan program       
carried out under that ,act1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,northern      
,mariana ,islands ,entrepreneurship ,act
 of #bjbc4  #b4 ,microloan program      
definitions ,section #g7m77#aa7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcf7m77#aa77 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subparagraph 7,c77ii71 by striking the  
period at the end and inserting a       
semicolon2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,d71  
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7,e7 the term   
,state means each of the several ,states

 of the ,united ,states1 the ,district  
of ,columbia1 the ,commonwealth of      
,puerto ,rico1 the ,united ,states      
,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 the            
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 and ,american ,samoa4  4