{"description":"Documents matching 'small businesses owned controlled individuals'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=small+businesses+owned+controlled+individuals&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Reforms To Remove SBA's 8(a) Program's Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only; Reforms Do Not Impact Entity-Owned Firms","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (\"SBA\" or \"Agency\") proposes to amend its regulations to align the Section 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) BD program) with constitutional requirements and the law. The proposed rule applies only to the 8(a) BD eligibility of small businesses owned and controlled by individuals. It does not in any way amend or affect the eligibility of entity-owned small businesses (i.e., those owned by tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, Native Hawaiian Organizations, or Community Development Corporations). Specifically, the proposed rule would amend SBA's regulations to remove the rebuttable presumption that individuals belonging to certain designated groups are socially disadvantaged and set forth revised standards for individuals establishing social disadvantage.","document_number":"2026-11765","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11765/reforms-to-remove-sbas-8a-programs-rebuttable-presumption-of-social-disadvantage-for-individually","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11765.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11765.pdf?1781095523","publication_date":"2026-06-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"preferences for <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span> <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> by “socially and economically disadvantaged” <span class=\"match\">individuals</span>. 15 U.S.C. 637. The Act aims to award at least five percent of the total value of federal contracts to <span class=\"match\">small</span> disadvantaged <span class=\"match\">businesses</span> each year, and contracts awarded through the 8(a) BD program contribute to this goal. To be eligible to participate in the 8(a) BD program, the <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Act requires a <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concern to be at least 51% <span class=\"match\">owned</span> by (1) one or more socially and economically disadvantaged <span class=\"match\">individuals</span>, (2) an economically"},{"title":"Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program Updates and Clarifications","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule makes several changes to the Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program regulations, including adding definitions that are not currently included in the regulations and conforming the regulations to current statutes that have not yet been integrated. The rule also adopts similar language to that used in SBA's other government contracting program regulations regarding requirements for the qualifying individual's control of an applicant concern and limits on outside employment and makes changes to the process by which an application for certification is reviewed by SBA in order to implement a statutory amendment from the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 regarding the effects of a status determination on a small business concern.","document_number":"2024-28200","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-28200/women-owned-small-business-federal-contract-program-updates-and-clarifications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-04/pdf/2024-28200.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28200.pdf?1733233520","publication_date":"2024-12-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> that is an SBA-certified participant in the Veteran <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Certification Program. \n \n (b) * * * \n (3) A concern may submit evidence to SBA that it is an economically disadvantaged women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> that is a certified participant in the Veteran <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Certification Program. \n \n (c) If SBA determines that the concern is a qualified WOSB or EDWOSB, it will issue a letter of certification and designate the concern as a certified WOSB or EDWOSB on the Dynamic <span class=\"match\">Small</span> Business"},{"title":"Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments","type":"Rule","abstract":"On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration (\"SBA\" or \"Agency\") published a notice of proposed rulemaking (\"NPRM\" or \"proposed rule\") to revise the regulations for the Small Business Investment Company (\"SBIC\") program to modify or remove from the Code of Federal Regulations (\"CFR\") regulations that are obsolete, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessarily impede the licensing of small business investment companies (\"SBICs\") and to remove certain barriers to investments in critical mineral extraction and processing and designated critical technologies. This final rule implements proposed regulatory changes as modified to address comments SBA received.","document_number":"2025-24232","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/02/2025-24232/small-business-investment-company-sbic-regulatory-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-02/pdf/2025-24232.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24232.pdf?1767188719","publication_date":"2026-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"\n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n I. Background Information \n A. <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Investment Company Program \n \n SBA's SBIC program is designed to enhance <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> access to capital by stimulating and supplementing “the flow of private equity capital and long-term loan funds which <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns need for the sound financing of their <span class=\"match\">business</span> operations and for their growth, expansion, and modernization, and which are not available in adequate supply.” <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Investment Act of 1958, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 661, \n et seq. \n (the"},{"title":"Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development","type":"Notice","abstract":"The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the date, time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (IATF).","document_number":"2026-11469","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/08/2026-11469/meeting-of-the-interagency-task-force-on-veterans-small-business-development","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-08/pdf/2026-11469.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11469.pdf?1780663519","publication_date":"2026-06-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"uarters-offices/office-veterans-<span class=\"match\">business</span>-development. \n For more information on veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> programs, please visit \n www.sba.gov/ovbd. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Development (IAFT). The IATF is established pursuant to Executive Order 13540 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to improve capital, <span class=\"match\">business</span> development opportunities, and pre-established"},{"title":"Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development","type":"Notice","abstract":"The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the date, time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (IATF).","document_number":"2026-03063","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-03063/meeting-of-the-interagency-task-force-on-veterans-small-business-development","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-17/pdf/2026-03063.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03063.pdf?1770990325","publication_date":"2026-02-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"uarters-offices/office-veterans-<span class=\"match\">business</span>-development. \n For more information on veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> programs, please visit \n www.sba.gov/ovbd. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Development (IAFT). The IATF is established pursuant to Executive Order 13540 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to improve capital, <span class=\"match\">business</span> development opportunities, and pre-established"},{"title":"\"Small Business\" and \"Small Organization\" Definitions for Investment Companies and Investment Advisers for Purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"Commission\" or the \"SEC\") is proposing to amend the rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the \"Investment Company Act\") and under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the \"Advisers Act\") that define the terms \"small business\" and \"small organization\" for purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (the \"RFA\") to increase the asset-based thresholds used in those definitions. The Commission also is proposing a mechanism for periodic future inflation adjustments of the asset- based thresholds used in these definitions. The Commission further is proposing amendments to Form ADV and the rule providing continuing hardship exemptions from filing electronically for investment advisers in connection with the proposed amendments.","document_number":"2026-00316","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/12/2026-00316/small-business-and-small-organization-definitions-for-investment-companies-and-investment-advisers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-12/pdf/2026-00316.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00316.pdf?1767966311","publication_date":"2026-01-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"assists companies seeking to raise capital through exempt or <span class=\"match\">smaller</span> registered offerings and answers interpretive questions on federal securities laws that may affect <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>. \n See \n Office of <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Policy Division of Corporation Finance, \n available at https://www.sec.gov/resources-<span class=\"match\">small</span>-<span class=\"match\">businesses</span>/office-<span class=\"match\">small</span>-<span class=\"match\">business</span>-policy-division-corporation-finance. \n Pursuant to the SEC <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Advocate Act of 2016, the Commission in 2019 created its <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Advocate Office to advocate within the Commission and externally"},{"title":"Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development","type":"Notice","abstract":"The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the date, time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (IATF).","document_number":"2025-11823","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/26/2025-11823/meeting-of-the-interagency-task-force-on-veterans-small-business-development","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-26/pdf/2025-11823.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11823.pdf?1750855522","publication_date":"2025-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"ice-veterans-<span class=\"match\">business</span>-development#sba-card-collection--heading-7153. \n For more information on \n \n veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> programs, please visit \n www.sba.gov/ovbd. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Development (IAFT). The IATF is established pursuant to Executive Order 13540 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to improve capital, <span class=\"match\">business</span> development opportunities"},{"title":"Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (\"SBA\" or \"Agency\") is proposing to modify or remove from the Code of Federal Regulations (\"CFR\") regulations that are obsolete, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessarily impede the licensing of small business investment companies (\"SBICs\"). Many of the regulations SBA is proposing to remove apply to the repealed Section 301(d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, and certain other types of SBICs that SBA no longer licenses, such as Participating Securities SBICs and Early Stage SBICs. The removal of these regulations will assist the public by simplifying SBA's regulations in the CFR. In addition, SBA is proposing to amend its regulations applicable to subsequent fund applicants in order to streamline the licensing process for such applicants. SBA also seeks to remove certain barriers to investments in critical mineral extraction and processing and designated critical technologies. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4), a summary of this rule may be found https://www.regulations.gov.","document_number":"2025-12584","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/07/2025-12584/small-business-investment-company-sbic-regulatory-amendments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-07/pdf/2025-12584.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12584.pdf?1751546717","publication_date":"2025-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"number can also be reached by <span class=\"match\">individuals</span> who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have speech disabilities, through the Federal Communications Commission's TTY-Based Telecommunications Relay Service teletype service at 711.\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n I. Background Information \n A. <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Investment Company Program \n \n SBA's SBIC program is designed to enhance <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> access to capital by stimulating and supplementing “the flow of private equity capital and long-term loan funds which <span class=\"match\">small</span>-<span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns need for the sound"},{"title":"HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) amends its regulations governing the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program to clarify certain policies. In 2019, SBA published a comprehensive revision to the HUBZone Program regulations, which implemented changes intended to make the HUBZone Program more efficient and effective. This rule clarifies and improves policies surrounding some of those changes. In particular, the rule requires any certified HUBZone small business to be eligible as of the date of offer for any HUBZone contract. The rule also makes several changes to SBA's size and 8(a) Business Development (BD) regulations, as well as some technical changes to the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) programs. Of note, the rule deletes the program specific recertification requirements contained separately in SBA's size, 8(a) BD, HUBZone, WOSB, and VetCert and moves them to a new section that covers all size and status recertification requirements. This should ensure that the size and status requirements will be uniformly applied.","document_number":"2024-29393","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29393/hubzone-program-updates-and-clarifications-and-clarifications-to-other-small-business-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29393.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29393.pdf?1734356719","publication_date":"2024-12-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"depends on whether the underlying multiple award contract was awarded on an unrestricted basis or whether it was set aside or reserved for <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> (\n i.e., \n <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> set-aside, 8(a) <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>, service-disabled veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>, HUBZone <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>, or women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span>/economically disadvantaged women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>).\n \n Where an order or agreement is to be set aside for <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> under an unrestricted multiple award contract, size is determined as of the date of initial offer (or other formal response to a solicitation)"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is revising certain provisions of Regulation B, subpart B, which implements changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act made by section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Bureau is amending coverage of certain credit transactions and financial institutions; the small business definition; inclusion of certain data points and how others are collected; and the compliance date. The Bureau believes these changes will streamline the rule, reduce complexity for lenders, improve data quality, and advance the purposes of section 1071.","document_number":"2026-08494","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08494/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08494.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08494.pdf?1777564810","publication_date":"2026-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"for CDFIs, <span class=\"match\">small</span> farms, and <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>; advocacy groups; service providers to lenders; and <span class=\"match\">individuals</span>.\n \n Many commenters asserted that lending discrimination is still widespread, and that data collected under this rule is vital to addressing it. Two advocacy groups identified ongoing disparities in approvals or amounts approved for minority-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> and women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>. A trade association for <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span> cited studies by Federal agencies identifying gaps in credit access for minority-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> and women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>. A trade association"},{"title":"Eliminating Self-Certification for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses","type":"Rule","abstract":"This direct final rule contains amendments to the regulations governing the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Program. The SBA is revising its regulations to implement a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA 2024), which eliminates self-certification for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses that are awarded Federal Government contracts or subcontracts that count towards agency or subcontracting goals This direct final rule amends SBA's regulations to carry out the changes made by NDAA 2024.","document_number":"2024-12252","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/06/2024-12252/eliminating-self-certification-for-service-disabled-veteran-owned-small-businesses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-06/pdf/2024-12252.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12252.pdf?1717591515","publication_date":"2024-06-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"section, including the establishment of source lists of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns, <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> by veterans, certified <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> by service-disabled veterans, certified HUBZone <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns, <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> by socially and economically disadvantaged <span class=\"match\">individuals</span>, and <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> by women; the efforts to identify and award subcontracts to such <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> concerns; and size or socioeconomic certifications or representations"},{"title":"Small Business Size Standards: Monetary-Based Industry Size Standards","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or the Agency) proposes to increase its monetary based small business size definitions (commonly referred to as \"size standards\") for 263 industries (259 receipts based and four assets based). SBA proposes to retain receipts based size standards for 237 industries and 12 subindustries (\"exceptions\") and remove one exception. SBA's proposal relied on its recently revised \"Size Standards Methodology\" (Revised Methodology). SBA seeks comments on its proposed changes to size standards and data sources it evaluated to develop the proposed size standards. SBA also invites comments on its proposed policy of not lowering any size standards, except for excluding dominant firms from qualifying as small. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4), a summary of this rule may be found at www.regulations.gov.","document_number":"2025-16142","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/22/2025-16142/small-business-size-standards-monetary-based-industry-size-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-22/pdf/2025-16142.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16142.pdf?1755780357","publication_date":"2025-08-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"the <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> share total contract obligations and the availability ratio is defined in terms of the <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> share of total industry's receipts.\n 7 \n \n \n \n \n 7 \n  This is a refinement to the 2019 Methodology, where SBA compared the <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> share of total contract dollars in each industry with <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> share of that industry's total receipts. If the <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> share of an industry total receipts exceeded the <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> share of total contract dollars by ten percentage points or more, SBA determined that <span class=\"match\">small</span> businesses"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposes revisions to certain provisions of Regulation B, subpart B, implementing changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act made by section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Bureau is reconsidering coverage of certain credit transactions and financial institutions; the small business definition; inclusion of certain data points and how others are collected; and the compliance date. The CFPB believes these proposed changes would streamline the rule, reduce complexity for lenders, and improve data quality, advancing the purposes of section 1071 and complying with recent executive directives.","document_number":"2025-19865","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/13/2025-19865/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-13/pdf/2025-19865.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19865.pdf?1762955111","publication_date":"2025-11-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"44 \n  “<span class=\"match\">Smaller</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>” loans are a subset of “<span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>” loans as defined by CRA regulations before the 2024 amendments. “<span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>” loans are those with a loan amount of $1 million or less to a <span class=\"match\">business</span> of any size under CRA regulations. 12 CFR 25.12(v) (“<span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> loan means a loan included in `loans to <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>' as defined in the instructions for preparation of the Consolidated Report of Condition and Income”); Fed. Fin. Insts. Examination Council, \n Schedule RC-C, Part II. Loans to <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Businesses</span> and <span class=\"match\">Small</span> Farms General"},{"title":"Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program Updates and Clarifications","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would make several changes to the Small Business Administration's (SBA or Agency) Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract (WOSB) Program regulations, including adding definitions that are not currently included in the regulations and conforming the regulations to current statutes that have not yet been integrated. The rule would also adopt similar language to that used in SBA's other government contracting program regulations regarding the length of time that a firm that has been declined three times must wait before reapplying to the WOSB Program, and limits on outside employment. The Agency requests comment on all aspects of this proposed rule.","document_number":"2024-10518","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/16/2024-10518/women-owned-small-business-federal-contract-program-updates-and-clarifications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-16/pdf/2024-10518.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-10518.pdf?1715777116","publication_date":"2024-05-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"Section 127.303 \n The proposed rule would add a new paragraph and reorganize § 127.303(a)(1) to provide that a concern certified as a veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> or service-disabled veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> for the Veteran <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Certification Program and <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">controlled</span> by one or more women may use documentation of its Veteran-<span class=\"match\">Owned</span> <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Concern (VOSB) or Service-Disabled Veteran-<span class=\"match\">Owned</span> <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Concern (SDVOSB) certification or more recent recertification in support of its application for WOSB certification. The proposed rule would"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B); Extension of Compliance Dates","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is finalizing its June 18, 2025 interim final rule amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates set forth in its 2023 small business lending rule, as amended by a 2024 interim final rule, and to make other date-related conforming adjustments.","document_number":"2025-19370","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19370/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b-extension-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19370.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19370.pdf?1759322731","publication_date":"2025-10-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"that financial institutions collect and report to the CFPB certain data regarding applications for credit for women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span>, minority-<span class=\"match\">owned</span>, and <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>. Section 1071's statutory purposes are to (1) facilitate enforcement of fair lending laws, and (2) enable communities, governmental entities, and creditors to identify <span class=\"match\">business</span> and community development needs and opportunities of women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span>, minority-<span class=\"match\">owned</span>, and <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>.\n \n \n \n 1 \n  Public Law 111-203, tit. X, section 1071, 124 Stat. 1376, 2056 (2010), codified at ECOA section 704B"},{"title":"HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) proposes to amend its regulations governing the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program to clarify certain policies. In 2019, SBA published a comprehensive revision to the HUBZone Program regulations, which implemented changes intended to make the HUBZone Program more efficient and effective. This proposed rule is intended to clarify and improve policies surrounding some of those changes. In particular, the rule proposes to require any certified HUBZone small business to be eligible as of the date of offer for any HUBZone contract. SBA also proposes to make several changes to SBA's size and 8(a) Business Development (BD) regulations, as well as some technical changes to the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) programs. Of note, the proposed rule would delete the program specific recertification requirements contained separately in SBA's size, 8(a) BD, HUBZone, WOSB, and VetCert and move them to a new section that would cover all size and status recertification requirements. This should ensure that the size and status requirements will be uniformly applied.","document_number":"2024-18325","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/23/2024-18325/hubzone-program-updates-and-clarifications-and-clarifications-to-other-small-business-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-23/pdf/2024-18325.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18325.pdf?1724330714","publication_date":"2024-08-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"depends on whether the underlying multiple award contract was awarded on an unrestricted basis or whether it was set aside or reserved for <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> (\n i.e., \n <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> set-aside, 8(a) <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>, service-disabled veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>, HUBZone <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>, or women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span>/economically disadvantaged women-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span>).\n \n \n Where an order or agreement is to be set aside for <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> under an unrestricted multiple award contract, size is determined as of the date of initial offer (or other formal response to a solicitation)"},{"title":"Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development","type":"Notice","abstract":"The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the date, time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (IATF).","document_number":"2024-26648","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/15/2024-26648/meeting-of-the-interagency-task-force-on-veterans-small-business-development","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-15/pdf/2024-26648.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26648.pdf?1731591942","publication_date":"2024-11-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"ice-veterans-<span class=\"match\">business</span>-development#sba-card-collection-heading-7153. \n For more information on veteran-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> programs, please visit \n www.sba.gov/ovbd. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), SBA announces the meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Development (IAFT). The IATF is \n \n established pursuant to Executive Order 13540 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to improve capital, <span class=\"match\">business</span> development opportunities"},{"title":"Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B); Extension of Compliance Dates","type":"Rule","abstract":"In light of court orders in ongoing litigation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is amending Regulation B to extend the compliance dates set forth in its 2023 small business lending rule, as amended by a 2024 interim final rule, and to make other date-related conforming adjustments.","document_number":"2025-11244","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11244/small-business-lending-under-the-equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b-extension-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11244.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11244.pdf?1750164319","publication_date":"2025-06-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"their annual ongoing costs to <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> borrowers in the form of higher rates or fees. While, in general, the CFPB expects the magnitude of any pass-through to be a <span class=\"match\">small</span> portion of the total cost of the average loan to a <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> applicant, extended compliance dates could benefit <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">business</span> borrowers by delaying these increased costs. \n 3. Distribution of <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Impacts \n The differences in the impacts of this interim final rule between different types of <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span> is likely to be <span class=\"match\">small</span> with approximately one year added"},{"title":"Pooled Employer Plans: Big Plans for Small Businesses","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This document contains limited interpretive guidance to help small employers select high-quality, low-cost \"pooled employer plans\" or \"PEPs.\" This document also solicits information about prevailing pooled employer plan market practices. The Department will consider the responses as part of a process aimed at developing a potential regulatory safe harbor or safe harbors that comprehensively encourage market participants to offer and employers to join such plans. These efforts, taken pursuant to President Trump's January 20, 2025, Memorandum titled \"Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis,\" are designed to reduce investment costs for workers saving for their retirement, thereby improving their lives. These efforts also will help small employers provide more attractive benefits to potential hires, drawing discouraged workers into the labor force.","document_number":"2025-14281","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/29/2025-14281/pooled-employer-plans-big-plans-for-small-businesses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-29/pdf/2025-14281.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14281.pdf?1753706714","publication_date":"2025-07-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"relatively new, <span class=\"match\">small</span> employers may be unaware of PEPs, or may not understand the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) standards applicable to them. The Department hopes to address challenges such as these which may impede <span class=\"match\">small</span> employers from taking advantage of PEPs. In addition to promoting retirement savings and reducing participant costs, expanding the use of PEPs is aligned with the Department's broader economic goals, including improving job quality and increasing labor force participation, especially at <span class=\"match\">small</span> <span class=\"match\">businesses</span>. Section"},{"title":"Overtime and Holiday Inspection Fee Reductions for Small and Very Small Establishments","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice provides instructions to small and very small establishments for applying for reduced overtime and holiday inspection fees. It also describes FSIS' procedures for implementing the reduced fees. FSIS is using $20 million in de-obligated funds to temporarily reduce overtime and holiday inspection fees for small and very small official meat, poultry, and egg products establishments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. Eligible small establishments that apply will receive a 30 percent reduction and eligible very small establishments that apply will receive a 75 percent reduction. Establishments must submit the FSIS Form 5200-16, Overtime/Holiday Rate Reduction Form for FSIS to determine eligibility.","document_number":"2026-06071","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/30/2026-06071/overtime-and-holiday-inspection-fee-reductions-for-small-and-very-small-establishments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-30/pdf/2026-06071.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06071.pdf?1774615516","publication_date":"2026-03-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","id":201,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-safety-and-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/201","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-safety-and-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"other when one <span class=\"match\">controls</span> the other or a third-party <span class=\"match\">controls</span> both. It does not matter whether <span class=\"match\">control</span> is exercised, so long as the power to <span class=\"match\">control</span> exists. For example, a corporate company that <span class=\"match\">owns</span> one or more establishments is affiliated with those establishments, and the establishments are affiliated with the corporate company and each other. Affiliated companies do not typically include entities that perform common administrative services, including human resource support and cleaning services, as defined by the <span class=\"match\">Small</span> <span class=\"match\">Business</span> Administration"}]}