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‘‘(2) Each budget of the United States Government 
submitted by the President shall include a separate state-
ment of the amount of appropriations requested for the 
Office of Advocacy.’’. 
‘‘(3) Each such budget shall also include a statement 
indicating whether the proportion of the funds requested 
for the Office of Advocacy when compared to the funds 
requested for the Small Business Administration has in-
creased, decreased, or stayed the same relative to the pro-
portion of the amount appropriated for the Office of Advo-
cacy for the previous fiscal year when compared to the 
amount appropriated for the Small Business Administra-
tion for the previous fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 6. PRINCIPAL DEPUTY CHIEF COUNSEL AND RE-
GIONAL ADVOCATES. 
Section 204 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634d) 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘In carrying out’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b)(1) The Chief Counsel may appoint 1 individual 
to serve as Principal Deputy Chief Counsel. 
‘‘(2) The Principal Deputy Chief Counsel shall be 
paid at an annual rate not less than the minimum rate, 
nor more than the maximum rate, for the Senior Execu-
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tive Service under chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code.
‘‘(3) An individual appointed to a position under this 
subsection shall not be counted toward the limitation con-
tained in subsection (a)(1) regarding the number of indi-
viduals who may be compensated at a rate in excess of 
the lowest rate for GS–15 of the General Schedule. 
‘‘(c) The Chief Counsel may appoint regional advo-
cates within each Standard Federal Region as appro-
priate. Such regional advocates shall—
‘‘(1) assist in examining the role of small busi-
ness in the economy of the United States by identi-
fying academic and other research institutions that 
focus on small business concerns and linking these 
research resources to research activities conducted 
by the Office of Advocacy; 
‘‘(2) assist in representing the views and inter-
ests of small business concerns before Federal agen-
cies whose policies and activities may affect small 
business; 
‘‘(3) assist the functioning of regional small 
business fairness boards in coordination with the 
Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforce-
ment Ombudsman;
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‘‘(4) assist in enlisting the cooperation and as-
sistance of public and private agencies, businesses, 
and other organizations in disseminating information 
about the programs and services provided by the 
Federal Government that are of benefit to small 
business concerns and the means by which small 
business concerns can participate in or make use of 
such programs and services; and 
‘‘(5) carry out such duties pursuant to the mis-
sion of the Office of Advocacy as the Chief Counsel 
may assign.’’. 
SEC. 7. OVERHEAD AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. 
Section 205 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634e) 
is amended by inserting before ‘‘Each department’’ the 
following: 
‘‘(a) The Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration shall provide the Office of Advocacy with ap-
propriate and adequate office space at central and field 
office locations of the Administration, together with such 
equipment, office supplies, communications facilities, and 
personnel and maintenance services as may be necessary 
for the operation of such offices. 
‘‘(b)’’.
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SEC. 8. REPORTS. 
Section 206 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634f) 
is amended by striking ‘‘The Chief Counsel may’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘on his activities.’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) Not less than annually, the Chief Counsel shall 
submit to the President, the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Affairs of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, and the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration a report on agency 
compliance with chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) In addition to the reports required by this title, 
the Chief Counsel may prepare and publish such other re-
ports as the Chief Counsel determines appropriate. 
‘‘(c)’’. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 207 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634g) 
is amended by striking ‘‘not to exceed $1,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for fiscal years 2003 and 2004, 
$12,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, and $14,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2006’’.
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SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) RURAL TOURISM TRAINING PROGRAM.—Section 
311 of the Small Business Administration Reauthorization 
and Amendments Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 653 note; 104 
Stat. 2832) is amended by striking ‘‘Chief Counsel for Ad-
vocacy’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’. 
(b) SMALL BUSINESS
AND AGRICULTURE REGU-
LATORY ENFORCEMENT OMBUDSMAN.—Section 30(b)(2) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657(b)(2)) is 
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) maintain a memorandum of under-
standing with the Office of Advocacy regarding 
methods and procedures for cooperation be-
tween the Ombudsman and the Office of Advo-
cacy.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.