3245-AG24 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3245 Small Business Administration SBA Small Business Mentor-Protege Programs

SBA currently has a mentor-protege program for the 8(a) Business Development Program that is intended to enhance the capabilities of the protege and to improve its ability to successfully compete for Federal contracts. The Small Business Jobs Act authorized SBA to use this model to establish similar mentor-protege programs for the Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, HUBZone, and Women-Owned Small Federal Contract Business Programs and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 authorized this for all small businesses. This authority is consistent with recommendations issued by an interagency task force created by President Obama on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses.  As is the case with the current mentor-protege program, the various forms of assistance that a mentor will be expected to provide to a protege include technical and/or management assistance; financial assistance in the form of equity investment and/or loans; subcontracts; and/or assistance in performing prime contracts with the Government in the form of joint venture arrangements.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 13 CFR 124 13 CFR 125 13 CFR 126 13 CFR 127 PL 111-240 sec 1347 15 USC 657r No NPRM 11/00/2014 Yes Businesses None No No Yes No Brenda Fernandez J. Analyst, Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison 3245 Small Business Administration SBA 202 205-7337 brenda.fernandez@sba.gov 409 Third Street SW, Washington DC 20416