‘‘(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 pilot 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.—During any time
period falling between the transmittal of quar-
terly reports, a participating Small Business
Development Center may transmit to the Ad-
ministrator any interim report containing data
or information considered by the center to be
necessary or useful.
‘‘(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 pilot program, except that the
Administrator shall require such a disclosure if
ordered to do so by a court in any civil or
criminal enforcement action commenced by a
Federal or State agency.
‘‘(d) DATA REPOSITORY AND CLEARINGHOUSE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot
program, 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 and to the
Committees on Small Business of the Senate
and 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
pilot program;
‘‘(ii) data regarding the number of
small business concerns that contacted
participating Small Business Development
Centers regarding assistance under the
pilot program;
‘‘(iii) data regarding the number of
small business concerns assisted by partici-
pating Small Business Development Cen-
ters under the pilot program;
‘‘(iv) data and information regarding
outreach activities conducted by partici-
pating Small Business Development Cen-
ters under the pilot program, including any
activities conducted in partnership with
Federal 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 pilot 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 pilot program, the Administrator may waive the
certification 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.—This subsection shall
take effect on October 1, 2001.
‘‘(f) SELECTION
OF PARTICIPATING STATE PRO-
GRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In consultation with the
Association and giving substantial weight to the As-
sociation’s recommendations, the Administrator shall
select the Small Business Development Center pro-
grams of 2 States from each of the following groups
of States to participate in the pilot program estab-
lished by this section:
‘‘(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.