[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 18556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07887]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Parts 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, and 134

RIN 3245-AG24


Small Business Mentor Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program; Small 
Business Size Regulations; Government Contracting Programs; 8(a) 
Business Development/Small Disadvantaged Business Status 
Determinations; HUBZone Program; Women-Owned Small Business Federal 
Contract Program; Rules of Procedure Governing Cases Before the Office 
of Hearings and Appeals

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is extending the 
comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register 
on February 5, 2015. The comment period is scheduled to close on April 
6, 2015. SBA is extending the comment period an additional 30 days in 
response to the significant level of interest generated by the proposed 
rule and requests from multiple stakeholders for an extension. Given 
the scope of the proposed rule and the nature of the issues raised by 
the comments received to date, SBA believes that affected businesses 
need more time to review the proposal and prepare their comments.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on February 
5, 2015 is extended to May 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN: 3245-AG24, by 
any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     For mail, paper, disk, or CD/ROM submissions: Brenda 
Fernandez, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Policy, 
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 
20416.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Brenda Fernandez, U.S. Small 
Business Administration, Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison, 409 
Third Street SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20416.
    SBA will post all comments on www.regulations.gov. If you wish to 
submit confidential business information (CBI) as defined in the User 
Notice at www.regulations.gov, you must submit such information to 
Brenda Fernandez, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Policy, 
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 
20416, or send an email to [email protected]. Highlight the 
information that you consider to be CBI and explain why you believe SBA 
should hold this information as confidential. SBA will review your 
information and determine whether it will make the information public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Fernandez, Office of Policy, 
Planning and Liaison, 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416; (202) 
207-7337; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the rule published on February 5, 2015 at 
80 FR 6618, SBA proposed to implement provisions of the Small Business 
Jobs Act of 2010 and the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, 
which pertain to the establishment of a Government-wide mentor 
prot[eacute]g[eacute] program for all small business concerns. The rule 
would also make minor changes to the mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] 
provisions for the 8(a) Business Development program in order to make 
the mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] rules for each of the programs as 
consistent as possible. The rule would amend the current joint venture 
provisions to clarify the conditions for creating and operating joint 
venture partnerships, including the effect of such partnerships on any 
mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] relationships. Finally, the rule would 
make several additional changes to current size, 8(a) Office of 
Hearings and Appeals or HUBZone regulations, concerning among other 
things, ownership and control, changes in primary industry, standards 
of review and interested party status for some appeals.

Sean F. Crean,
Director, Office of Government Contracting.
[FR Doc. 2015-07887 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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