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HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications, and Clarifications to Other Small Business Programs

SBA · final-rule · Published 2024-12-17 · Effective 2025-01-16 · 89 FR 102448

Document

Document number
2024-29393
Federal Register citation
89 FR 102448
CFR reference
13 CFR 121
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
final-rule
Agency
US Small Business Administration
Publication date
2024-12-17
Effective date
2025-01-16
Docket
Docket ID SBA-2024-0007

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.

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