NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF SMALL BUSINESSES.

SEC. 123. NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF SMALL BUSINESSES. The Small Business Administration shall undertake a study to determine the feasibility and need for developing an expanded national directory of small businesses to effectuate fully the purposes of section 15(a) of the Small Business Act. The Agency shall examine existing resources such as the PASS system, the advocacy data base, and other resources to ascertain the costs and other requirements necessary to effectuate such a directory, including a concern’s capability, standard industrial codes and Federal supply numbers identifying such capability, and other data deemed relevant. The Small Business Administration shall submit a report to the Small Business Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than June 1, 1989. This report shall include conclusions and recommendations and an estimate of the costs involved in implementing such a system.