‘‘(2) REPORTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each participating
Small Business Development Center shall trans-
mit to the Administrator a quarterly report that
includes—
‘‘(i) a summary of the regulatory com-
pliance assistance provided by the center
under the program; and
‘‘(ii) any data and information ob-
tained by the center from a Federal agency
regarding regulatory compliance that the
agency intends to be disseminated to small
business concerns.
‘‘(B) ELECTRONIC FORM.—Each report re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall be trans-
mitted in electronic form.
‘‘(C) INTERIM REPORTS.—A participating
Small Business Development Center may trans-
mit to the Administrator such interim reports
as the center considers appropriate.
‘‘(D) LIMITATION
ON
DISCLOSURE
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The Administrator may not re-
quire a Small Business Development Center to
disclose the name or address of any small busi-
ness concern that received or is receiving assist-
ance under the program, except that the Ad-
ministrator shall require such a disclosure if or-
dered to do so by a court in any civil or crimi-
nal action.
‘‘(d) DATA REPOSITORY AND CLEARINGHOUSE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Administrator shall—
‘‘(A) act as the repository of and clearing-
house for data and information submitted by
Small Business Development Centers; and
‘‘(B) transmit to the President, the Com-
mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
of the Senate, and the Committee on Small
Business of the House of Representatives an
annual report that includes—
‘‘(i) a description of the types of as-
sistance provided by participating Small
Business Development Centers under the
program;
‘‘(ii) data regarding the number of
small business concerns that contacted
participating Small Business Development
Centers regarding assistance under the
program;
‘‘(iii) data regarding the number of
small business concerns assisted by partici-
pating Small Business Development Cen-
ters under the program;
‘‘(iv) data and information regarding
outreach activities conducted by partici-
pating Small Business Development Cen-
ters under the program, including any ac-
tivities conducted in partnership with Fed-
eral agencies;
‘‘(v) data and information regarding
each case known to the Administrator in
which one or more Small Business Devel-
opment Centers offered conflicting advice
or information regarding compliance with a
Federal or State regulation to one or more
small business concerns;
‘‘(vi) any recommendations for im-
provements in the regulation of small busi-
ness concerns; and
‘‘(vii) a list of regulations identified
by the Administrator, after consultation
with the Small Business and Agriculture
Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman, as
being most burdensome to small business
concerns, and recommendations to reduce
or eliminate the burdens of such regula-
tions.
‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A Small Business Develop-
ment Center shall be eligible to receive assistance
under the program only if the center is certified
under section 21(k)(2).
‘‘(2) WAIVER.— With respect to a Small Busi-
ness Development Center seeking assistance under
the program, the administrator may waive the cer-
tification requirement set forth in paragraph (1) if
the Administrator determines that the center is
making a good faith effort to obtain such certifi-
cation.
‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The restriction de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall not apply to any
Small Business Development Center before October
1, 2003.
‘‘(f) SELECTION
OF PARTICIPATING STATE PRO-
GRAMS.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—In con-
sultation with the Association and giving substantial
weight to the Association’s recommendations, the
Administrator shall select the Small Business Devel-
opment Center programs of 2 States from each of
the following groups of States to participate in the
program:
‘‘(A) Group 1: Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode
Island.
‘‘(B) Group 2: New York, New Jersey,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
‘‘(C) Group 3: Pennsylvania, Maryland,
West Virginia, Virginia, the District of Colum-
bia, and Delaware.
‘‘(D) Group 4: Georgia, Alabama, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida,
Kentucky, and Tennessee.
‘‘(E) Group 5: Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, In-
diana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
‘‘(F) Group 6: Texas, New Mexico, Arkan-
sas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.
‘‘(G) Group 7: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska,
and Kansas.
‘‘(H) Group 8: Colorado, Wyoming, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Utah.
‘‘(I) Group 9: California, Guam, Hawaii,
Nevada, and Arizona.