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PUBLIC LAW 102-366—SEPT. 4, 1992 106 STAT. 1019 (2) within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Register final rules and regulations implementing this Act, and enter such contracts as are necessary to implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act. SEC. 416. BUY AMERICA. Section 102 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 15 USC 661. U.S.C. 1661) is amended by adding at the end the following: "It is the intention of the Congress mat in the award of financial assistance under this Act, when practicable, priority be accorded to small business concerns whicn lease or purchase equipment and supplies which are produced in the United States ana that small business concerns receiving such assistance be encouraged to continue to lease or purchase such equipment and supplies.". SEC. 417. STUDIES AND REPORTS. (a) SBA ANhfUAL REPORT. — Section 308(g) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (12 U.S.C. 687(g)) is amended by adding 15 USC 687. at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) In its annual report for the year ending on December 31, 1993, and in each succeeding annual report made pursuant to section 10(a) of the Small Business Act, the Administration shall include a full and detailed description or account relating to— "(A) the number of small business investment companies the Administration licensed, the number of licensees that have been placed in liquidation, and the number of licensees that have surrendered their licenses in the previous year, identifying the amount of government leverage each has received and the type of leverage instruments each has used; "(B) the amount of government leverage that each licensee received in the previous year and the types of leverage instruments each licensee used; "(C) for each type of finguicing instrument, the sizes, geographic locations, and other characteristics of the small business investment companies using them, including the extent to which the investment companies have used the leverage from each instrument to make small business loans, equity investments, or both; and "(D) the frequency with which each type of investment instrument has been used in the current year and a comparison of the current year with previous years.". (b) REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— Not later than 4 i5use68i years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller "o*®- General of the United States shall transmit to the Committees on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that reviews the Small Business Investment Company program (established under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958) for the 3-year period following the date of enactment of this Act, with respect to each item listed in section 308(g)(3) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended by subsection (a). SEC. 418. NO EFFECT ON SECURITIES LAWS. 15 USC 661 Nothing in this Act (and no amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to affect the applicability of the securities laws, as that term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any of the rules and regulations thereunder, or