1. Short title This Act may be cited as the HUBZone Unification and Business Stability Act of 2017 . 2. Transfer of HUBZone definitions (a) Redesignation Section 31 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657a ) is amended by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively. (b) Transfer Subsection (p) of section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(p) ) is transferred to section 31 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657a ), inserted so as to appear after subsection (a), and redesignated as subsection (b), and is amended— (1) by striking In this Act: and inserting In this section: ; (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking term and inserting terms ; and (B) by striking means and inserting or HUBZone mean ; and (3) by striking paragraph (2) (and redesignating subsequent paragraphs accordingly). (c) Definition of qualified HUBZone small business concern Section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by inserting after subsection (o) the following new subsection (p): (p) Qualified HUBZone small business concern In this Act, the term qualified HUBZone small business concern has the meaning given such term in section 31(b). . (d) Conforming amendments (1) Mentor-protege program Section 831(n)(2)(G) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 ( Public Law 101–510 ; 104 Stat. 1607