,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #i1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,shaheen introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to enhance the ability of the  
,office of the ,national ,ombudsman to  
assist small businesses in meeting      
regulatory requirements and develop     
outreach initiatives to promote         
awareness of the services the ,office of
 the ,national ,ombudsman provides1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,small   
,business ,regulatory ,relief ,act of   
#bjai4  #b4 ,,sba regulatory enforcement
 ombudsman ,section #cj7;b7 of the      
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#feg7;b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph
 7#b7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 
by striking with each agency with       
regulatory authority and inserting the  
following3 with-- 7i7 each ,federal     

agency with regulatory authority  2     
7ii7 by inserting and after the         
semicolon2 and  7iii7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7ii7 each ,federal  
agency with regulatory authority over   
small business concerns or that makes   
grants or enters into contracts or      
cooperative agreements with small       
entities 7as defined in section #fja of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 to     
develop best practices to assist the    
,federal agency in-- 7,i7 establishing a
 program to assist small entities in    
meeting regulatory requirements imposed 
by that ,federal agency1 including by   
responding to inquiries under section   
#bac of the ,small ,business ,regulatory
 ,enforcement ,fairness ,act of #aiif   
7#e ,u4,s4,c4 #fja note72  7,,ii7       
educating small entities about the      
regulations of that ,federal agency that
 are applicable to small entities2      
7,,iii7 training small entities to      
comply with the regulations of that     
,federal agency2  7,,iv7 assisting small

 entities in completing forms relating  
to such grants1 contracts1 or           
cooperative agreements required by the  
regulations of that ,federal agency2    
7,v7 addressing any specific question or
 concern of small entities2  7,,vi7     
evaluating compliance guides described  
under section #bab of the ,small        
,business ,regulatory ,enforcement      
,fairness ,act of #aiif 7#e ,u4,s4,c4   
#fja note72  7,,vii7 ensuring that the  
compliance guides described in subclause
 7,,vi7 are available to small business 
development centers and to other        
resource partners of the                
,administration2 and  7,,viii7          
developing webinars relating to         
compliance assistance for-- 7aa7        
recently finalized rules of the ,federal
 agency2 and  7bb7 rules relating to    
which the ,federal agency or ,ombudsman 
receives a significant number of        
compliance inquiries from small         
entities2  2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,d71
 by striking and at the end2  7,c7 in   

subparagraph 7,e71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting a       
semicolon2 and  7,d7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7,f7 in             
collaboration with the employee of a    
,federal agency designated by the head  
of the ,federal agency as the primary   
point of contact with the ,ombudsman1   
establish a procedure relating to how   
the ,federal agency will provide        
information-- 7i7 to small business     
concerns regarding the ,ombudsman2 and  
7ii7 to the ,ombudsman regarding the    
nature1 scope1 and resolution of        
requests to the ,federal agency from    
small business concerns about proposed1 
final1 or existing rules2  7,g7 work    
with each ,federal agency with          
regulatory authority over small business
 concerns and with programs of the      
,administration 7including the ,service 
,corps of ,retired ,executives          
authorized under section                
#h7;b77#a77;,b71 women's business       
centers operating under section #bi1 and

 small business development centers7 to 
conduct a robust outreach initiative1   
including through the use of the        
,internet1 to increase the visibility of
 the ,ombudsman and promote awareness of
 the services available from the        
,ombudsman2 and  7,h7 make information  
regarding the education1 training1 and  
compliance assistance services of the   
,ombudsman readily available on the     
website of the ,ombudsman4  2 and  7#b7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#c7 ,primary point of contact ,the head
 of each ,federal agency with regulatory
 authority over small business concerns 
or that makes grants or enters into     
contracts or cooperative agreements with
 small business concerns shall designate
 an employee of the ,federal agency as  
the primary point of contact with the   
,ombudsman4  4  #c4 ,authorization of   
appropriations ,section #cj of the      
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#feg7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  7e7 ,authorization of   

appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this       
section such sums as are necessary4  4