Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison

3245-AG85 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3245 Small Business Administration SBA Ownership and Control of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns

Section 1832 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (NDAA), Public Law 114-328, Dec. 23, 2016, provides for a government-wide, uniform definition of a small business concern owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran. Section 1835 requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue guidance, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the NDAA of 2017. The rule will amend SBA’s regulations to create a uniform definition of a small business owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran to be used for purposes of eligibility for government procurements by agencies other than the VA under the authority of 15 U.S.C. 657f, and by the VA for VA procurements in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 8127. These changes will include addressing ownership by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and ownership and control by a surviving spouse.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Other 13 CFR 125 Pub. L. 114-328, sec. 1832, sec. 1835 Statutory Other 06/21/2017 Section 1835 NDAA 2017 No NPRM 01/29/2018 83 FR 4005 Comment Period End 03/30/2018 Final Rule 07/00/2018 Yes Businesses Federal No Yes No Kenneth Dodds Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Liaison 3245 Small Business Administration SBA 202 619-1766 202 481-2950 kenneth.dodds@sba.gov 409 Third Street SW, Washington DC 20416