[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 2142 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2142


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2019

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
                          and Entrepreneurship

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                                 AN ACT


 
   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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CENTRALIZED WEBSITE FOR COMPLIANCE GUIDES.

    Section 30 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(e) Centralized Website.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, the Ombudsman shall maintain a 
publicly available website that includes--
            ``(1) hyperlinks to small entity compliance guides 
        described under section 212(a)(1) of the Small Business 
        Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996; and
            ``(2) with respect to each such small entity compliance 
        guide, the contact information for an individual who can offer 
        assistance to small entities with respect to the rules that are 
        the subject of such guide.
    ``(f) Report on Agency Compliance.--The Ombudsman shall include in 
the annual report required under subsection (b)(2)(C) an assessment of 
agency compliance with the requirements of section 212 of the Small 
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 for the year 
covered by such annual report.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.