House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act
Official title: To amend the Small Business Act for microloan eligibility for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds R-MPWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2025
- Committee actionNov 18, 2025
- Passed HouseJan 20, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 26, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3496.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-402 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 12, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/402
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3496, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9631200a3c1df29c52027d5cc34bec24ed50da79d7998b460040d2484a23f2d6
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KING-HINDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 84, May 19, 2025, Page H2147):Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2025 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3496, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9631200a3c1df29c52027d5cc34bec24ed50da79d7998b460040d2484a23f2d6
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.