; (ii) the number of employee stock ownership plans and eligible worker-owned cooperatives that received capital from a non-EEIC company during the year covered by the report; and (iii) the geographic location of each employee stock ownership plan and eligible worker-owned cooperative described in clause (ii). . 3. Protege EEIC program Part A of title III of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 ( 15 U.S.C. 681 et seq. ), as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 322. Protege EEIC program (a) Establishment The Administrator shall establish a program to be known as the Protege EEIC Program under which a manager with substantial experience in operating small business investment companies may enter into a written agreement approved by the Administrator to provide guidance and assistance to a Protege EEIC with respect to— (1) applying for a license for the Protege EEIC to operate as an employee equity investment company; and (2) management of the employee equity investment company after licensure. (b) Application After entering into a written agreement described in subsection (a), the Protege EEIC shall apply for a license under section 301. (c) Selection The Administrator may grant a license to a Protege EEIC to operate as an employee equity investment company under section 301 based on the investment track record of one or more of the managers that have entered into a written agreement described in subsection (a) with the applicant Protege EEIC. (d) Requirements for managers If a manager enters into a written agreement described under subsection (a)— (1) the manager may hold a minority financial interest in the employee equity investment company that is to be managed by the Protege EEIC; (2) the otherwise applicable maximum amount of outstanding leverage that may be made available to any one licensed company of the manager under section 303(b)(2)(A) shall be increased by $17,500,000