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To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and for other purposes.

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IIB 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2142 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 16, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship AN ACT To amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Om- budsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2142.RFS H2142 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 2142 RFS SECTION 1. CENTRALIZED WEBSITE FOR COMPLIANCE 1 GUIDES. 2 Section 30 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657) 3 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub- 4 sections: 5 ‘‘(e) CENTRALIZED WEBSITE.—Not later than 6 6 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 7 the Ombudsman shall maintain a publicly available 8 website that includes— 9 ‘‘(1) hyperlinks to small entity compliance 10 guides described under section 212(a)(1) of the 11 Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness 12 Act of 1996; and 13 ‘‘(2) with respect to each such small entity com- 14 pliance guide, the contact information for an indi- 15 vidual who can offer assistance to small entities with 16 respect to the rules that are the subject of such 17 guide. 18 ‘‘(f) REPORT ON AGENCY COMPLIANCE.—The Om- 19 budsman shall include in the annual report required under 20 subsection (b)(2)(C) an assessment of agency compliance 21 with the requirements of section 212 of the Small Busi- 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2142.RFS H2142 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 2142 RFS ness Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 for the 1 year covered by such annual report.’’. 2 Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2019. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2142.RFS H2142 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS

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