1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coordinating Our Local Liaisons And Bringing Out Related Agency Technical Expertise Act or the COLLABORATE Act . 2. Interagency agreement on government contracting assistance (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall— (1) enter into an interagency agreement to coordinate the government contracting and procurement assistance offered to small business concerns by small business development centers and APEX Accelerators; and (2) jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Armed Services and Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate such interagency agreement. (b) Contents The interagency agreement required under subsection (a) shall— (1) ensure that government contracting and procurement assistance provided by covered centers is provided by employees of the covered center who have training on government contracting and procurement; (2) provide for the allocation of resources and responsibilities between small business development centers and APEX Accelerators to— (A) prevent small business concerns from receiving duplicative assistance or contradictory or confusing information from covered centers; (B) ensure that the activities of a covered center, including any assistance or other services provided by such covered center, are attributed only to such covered center; and (C) clarify the responsibilities of employees of small business development centers and the responsibilities of employees of APEX Accelerators when a small business development center and APEX Accelerator share a location