This rule will (1) provide contracting incentives to mentors that subcontract to protege firms that are Puerto Rican or another covered territory business; (2) reaffirm that contractors may rely on the self-certification of their subcontractors; and (2) specify that an Alaska Native Corporation owned firm that does not individually qualify as small but counts as a small business for subcontracting goaling purposes, is not required to submit a subcontracting plan.  This rule is being issued in accordance with section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, as implemented by the Small Business Administration (SBA) final rule published on October 16, 2020, and section 866 of the NDAA for FY 2021, as implemented by the SBA final rule published on August 9, 2022.