‘‘(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.— 
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‘‘(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-
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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 
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