# Small Businesses in U.S. Territories; Eligibility of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
> **US Small Business Administration** · Direct final rule. · Published 2022-08-19 · Effective 2022-10-18 · 87 FR 50925
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-17828
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Small Business Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 50925
- **CFR reference:** 13 CFR 125
- **Publication date:** 2022-08-19
- **Effective date:** 2022-10-18
## Abstract

This direct final rule implements a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) by defining a covered territory business as a small business in the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Covered territory businesses would be newly qualified for surplus personal property distributions, and covered territory mentors would receive contracting incentives for mentoring prot[eacute]g[eacute] firms that are covered territory businesses.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/19/2022-17828/small-businesses-in-us-territories-eligibility-of-the-commonwealth-of-the-northern-mariana-islands)
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