# Federal Acquisition Regulation; Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2002-08-30 · Effective 2002-08-30 · 67 FR 56122
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-21869
- **Category:** personnel
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 56122
- **CFR reference:** 48 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2002-08-30
- **Effective date:** 2002-08-30
- **DOD docket:** FAC 2001-09
## Abstract

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to adopt, as final, the first interim rule published at 65 FR 60542, October 11, 2000, which implemented portions of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 which added a subcontracting plan goal for veteran-owned small businesses and a 3 percent Governmentwide agency goal for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and the second interim rule published at 66 FR 53492, October 22, 2001, which implemented Section 803 of the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 (part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001), which added an additional subcontracting plan goal for service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Both rules, and the correction published January 14, 2002, are adopted as final without change.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/08/30/02-21869/federal-acquisition-regulation-veterans-entrepreneurship-and-small-business-development-act-of-1999)
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