SBA’s 64 new rules by Dec. 31

      The Small Business Administration announced 64 regulations in the works for the remainder of calendar 2023, of which nearly half are related to the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program forgiveable loans to small businesses. Many of the other rulemakings affect small business federal contracting.

      The SBA’s list includes two Prerule regulations, 15 Proposed Rules and 47 Final Rules, of which 30 are PPP-related.

      The SBA’s list appears on the Office of Management and Budget’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions posted online on June 14. Here are highlights from SBA’s list:

Coming in June 2023 (Released on July 20):

• Final Rule for Adjustment of Monetary-Based Size Standards, along with inflation adjustments for disadvantage thresholds and 8(a) eligibility https://tinyurl.com/4xuw23ys;

Coming in July 2023:

• NPRM for clarifications of HUBZone rules https://tinyurl.com/2vkrnadv;
• Final Rule to clarify ownership and control in the 8(a) Business Development Program https://tinyurl.com/36tmyycu;

Coming in August 2023:

• Final Rule on one-year extension of participation in the 8(a) program https://tinyurl.com/3uhsf3kt;

Coming in September 2023:

• Advance NPRM for SBIR/STTR policy updates to implement Sections 880, 881 and 884 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2020 https://tinyurl.com/5n6pn7mj;
• NPRM on revising the Small Business Development Centers program https://tinyurl.com/cchakkm3;
• NPRM on rules of procedure in cases before the Office of Hearings and Appeals https://tinyurl.com/mta2jjf3;
• NPRM revision of affiliation rules for small business programs and women-owned small business programs https://tinyurl.com/29jp4wbz;
• Final Rule on Credit for Lower Tier Subcontracting, implementing Section 870 of the NDAA of 2020 https://tinyurl.com/2nb3jtns;

Coming in November 2023:

• NPRM for SCORE program revisions https://tinyurl.com/4w8n9b3x;
• NPRM for Women’s Business Center program revisions https://tinyurl.com/2p8eabrp;
• NPRM for Veterans Business Outreach Center program revisions https://tinyurl.com/4d544yk4; and

Coming in December 2023:

• NPRM to apply the Rule of Two in multiple-award contracts in specific circumstances https://tinyurl.com/4msz4dej.

More information:
Unified Agenda: https://tinyurl.com/5fp8henx

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