118 STAT. 3454 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Administration shall, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, promulgate regula tions to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a). SEC. 142. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER PROGRAM. (a) PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 21(a) of the Small Busi ness Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(7) PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A small business development center, consortium of small business development centers, or contractor or agent of a small business development center may not disclose the name, address, or telephone number of any individual or small business concern receiving assistance under this section without the consent of such individual or small business concern, unless— ‘‘(i) the Administrator is ordered to make such a disclosure by a court in any civil or criminal enforce ment action initiated by a Federal or State agency; or ‘‘(ii) the Administrator considers such a disclosure to be necessary for the purpose of conducting a finan cial audit of a small business development center, but a disclosure under this clause shall be limited to the information necessary for such audit. ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATOR USE OF INFORMATION.—This sec tion shall not— ‘‘(i) restrict Administrator access to program activity data; or ‘‘(ii) prevent the Administrator from using client information to conduct client surveys. ‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall issue regulations to establish standards— ‘‘(I) for disclosures with respect to financial audits under subparagraph (A)(ii); and ‘‘(II) for client surveys under subparagraph (B)(ii), including standards for oversight of such surveys and for dissemination and use of client information. ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Regulations under this subparagraph, shall, to the extent prac ticable, provide for the maximum amount of privacy protection. ‘‘(iii) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Until the effective date of regulations under this subparagraph, any client survey and the use of such information shall be approved by the Inspector General who shall include such approval in his semi annual report.’’. (b) TERM CHANGE.—Section 21(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(k)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘CERTIFICATION’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘ACCREDITATION’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘certification’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘accreditation’’. Deadline. 15 USC 637 note.
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