9000-AO50 202210 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2023-001, Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232), as implemented by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in its final rule published October 16, 2020 , and section 866 of the NDAA for FY 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283) as implemented in SBA’s direct final rule published August 19, 2022. The two statutory provisions provide contracting incentives to mentors that subcontract to protégé firms that are Puerto Rican and covered territory businesses as defined by section 866. Additionally, this rule implements changes to SBA’s regulations to clarify that 1) prime contractors may rely on self-certifications of their subcontractors, and 2) an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) owned firm that does not individually qualify as small but counts as a small business or a small disadvantaged business for subcontracting goaling purposes under 43 U.S.C. 1626(e)(4)(B) is not currently required to submit a subcontracting plan. This rule promotes equity in Federal procurement.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 48 CFR 19 48 CFR 52 40 U.S.C. 121(c) 10 U.S.C. ch. 137 51 U.S.C. 20113 No NPRM 06/00/2023 NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2023 Undetermined Federal No No https://www.regulations.gov/ https://www.regulations.gov/ No No Carrie Moore Procurement Analyst 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR 571 300-5917 carrie.moore@gsa.gov 1800 F Street, NW, Washington DC 20405