---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 9513"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "9513"
heading: "Research and information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/9513"
units:
  - "Chapter 120 — Minority Business Development"
  - "Subchapter I — Existing Initiatives"
  - "Part A — Market Development, Research, and Information"
---

# §9513. Research and information

- (a) **In general—** In order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, the [Under Secretary](/usc/15/9501.md?p=19)—
  - (1) shall—
    - (A) collect and analyze data, including data relating to the causes of the success or failure of [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A);
    - (B) conduct research, studies, and surveys of—
      - (i) economic conditions generally in the United States; and
      - (ii) how the conditions described in [clause (i)](#a-1-B-i) particularly affect the development of [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A); and
    - (C) provide outreach, educational services, and technical assistance in, at a minimum, the 5 most commonly spoken languages in the United States to ensure that limited English proficient individuals receive culturally and linguistically appropriate access to the services and information provided by the [Agency](/usc/15/9501.md?p=1); and
  - (2) may perform an evaluation of programs carried out by the [Under Secretary](/usc/15/9501.md?p=19) that are designed to assist the development of [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A).
- (b) **Information clearinghouse—** The [Under Secretary](/usc/15/9501.md?p=19) shall—
  - (1) establish and maintain an information clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination to relevant parties (including business owners and researchers) of demographic, economic, financial, managerial, and technical data relating to [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A); and
  - (2) take such steps as the [Under Secretary](/usc/15/9501.md?p=19) may determine to be necessary and desirable to—
    - (A) search for, collect, classify, coordinate, integrate, record, and catalog the data described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1); and
    - (B) in a manner that is consistent with [section 552a of title 5](/usc/5/552a.md), protect the privacy of the [minority business enterprises](/usc/15/9501.md?p=9-A) to which the data described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) relates.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–58, div. K, title I, § 100103, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1450.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this division”, meaning div. K of Pub. L. 117–58, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1445, which is classified prinicpally to this chapter. For complete classification of division K to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9501 of this title and Tables.