Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act

This section would let the Act be called the "Northern Mariana Islands Small Business Access Act."

This section would change part of the Small Business Act's microloan program (15 U.S.C. 636(m)). It would add the words ", the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" right after every place the word "Guam" appears in Section 7(m)(7)(B) of the Small Business Act. That means any rule in that part of the law that currently applies to Guam would also apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This section would also amend Section 7(m)(11)(C)(ii) of the Small Business Act. It would remove the word "rural" and everything after it through the end of that clause, and put in its place the text "rural; and" - the word "rural" followed by a semicolon and the word "and." The clause still ends with that connecting "and," which links it to the item that comes after it on the list.