SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT CON-
TRACTING ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration shall— 
(1) enter into an interagency agreement to co-
ordinate the government contracting and procure-
ment assistance offered to small business concerns 
by small business development centers and APEX 
Accelerators; and 
(2) jointly submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services and Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committees on Armed Services 
and Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
Senate such interagency agreement. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The interagency agreement re-
quired under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) ensure that government contracting and 
procurement assistance provided by covered centers 
is provided by employees of the covered center who 
have training on government contracting and pro-
curement; 
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(2) provide for the allocation of resources and 
responsibilities between small business development 
centers and APEX Accelerators to— 
(A) prevent small business concerns from 
receiving duplicative assistance or contradictory 
or confusing information from covered centers; 
(B) ensure that the activities of a covered 
center, including any assistance or other serv-
ices provided by such covered center, are attrib-
uted only to such covered center; and 
(C) clarify the responsibilities of employees 
of small business development centers and the 
responsibilities of employees of APEX Accelera-
tors when a small business development center 
and APEX Accelerator share a location; and 
(3) provide a framework enabling small busi-
ness development centers and APEX Accelerators to 
coordinate the provision of government contracting 
and procurement assistance to small business con-
cerns, as appropriate. 
(c) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of Small Business Administration shall submit to 
Congress a report on the efforts of the Administrator and 
the Secretary of Defense with respect to the establishment 
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of the interagency agreement required under subsection 
(a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APEX ACCELERATOR.—The term ‘‘APEX 
Accelerator’’ means a center operating under a coop-
erative agreement with the Office of Small Business 
Programs to provide procurement technical assist-
ance pursuant to the authority provided in chapter 
388 of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) COVERED
CENTER.—The term ‘‘covered 
center’’ means a small business development center 
or an APEX Accelerator. 
(3) OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS.— 
The term ‘‘Office of Small Business Programs’’ 
means the office established within the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense under section 15(k) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)). 
(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632). 
(5) SMALL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
CEN-
TER.—The term ‘‘small business development cen-
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ter’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
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