S.Amdt. 3419

SA 3419. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) In this section, the terms ``agency'' and
``small entity'' have the meanings given those terms in
section 211 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 note).
(b) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study and submit to the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a
report assessing the quality of agency compliance with
sections 212 and 213 of the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 601 note), which
shall include--
(1) the extent to which agencies comply with each of the
requirements under such section 212;
(2) the extent to which agencies comply with each of the
requirements under such section 213, including a summary of
the scope of compliance programs of agencies to assist small
entities, the number of small entities using each such
program, and the achievements of each such program in
assisting small entity compliance with agency regulations;
and
(3) recommendations for best practices for agencies to
address small business regulatory concerns and improve
customer service.
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