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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Small Business Administration</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Removing Constitutional Concerns from SBA Programs</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is publishing this final rule to remove certain unnecessary and potentially unlawful regulatory provisions requiring affirmative action from SBA program applicants or recipients and revise a regulatory provision to make technical corrections.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Deregulatory</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>13 CFR Part 112</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Sec. 602, 78 Stat. 252 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-1)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 U.S.C. 633, 634, 687, 1691</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>29 U.S.C. 794</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Sec. 5, Pub. L. 85-536, 72 Stat. 385, as amended</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Sec. 308, Pub. L. 85-699, 72 Stat. 694, as amended</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Michael</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Bartels</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Senior Advisor to General Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3245</CODE>
                    <NAME>Small Business Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SBA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>771 217-8995</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>michael.bartels@sba.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>409 3rd St SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20024</ZIP>
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