ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.

SEC. 603. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall transmit annually to the Committees on Small Business and Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the needs of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, which shall include information on— (1) the availability of Small Business Administration programs for such small business concerns and the degree of utilization of such programs by such small business concerns during the preceding 12-month period, including statistical 113 STAT. 249information on such utilization as compared to the small business community as a whole; (2) the percentage and dollar value of Federal contracts awarded to such small business concerns during the preceding 12-month period, based on the data collected pursuant to section 604(d); and (3) proposals to improve the access of such small business concerns to the assistance made available by the United States.