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RIN: 3245-AG58

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: National Defense Authorization Act Small Business Amendments
Abstract: The rule would propose various small business related amendments authorized by various sections of the NDAA. Section 1651, Limitations on Subcontracting, requires rules permitting subcontracts to small businesses that are "similarly situated" as the prime contractor to count toward the prime contractors compliance with the performance of work requirements that apply to set-aside contracts. It also requires rules that permit small businesses to "team" without entering into joint venture agreements, which will reduce litigation risk for small businesses and open larger, more complex acquisitions to small business participation. Section 1652, Penalties, requires rules establishing penalties for violations of subcontracting limitations and providing protection for small businesses that made a mistake on their subcontracting limitations in good faith. Section 1671, Contract Bundling, requires a definition for construction to be included under the definition for covered contracting. Section 1696, Conforming Amendments; Repeal of Redundant Provisions; Regulations, a definition for certain technical amendments to the existing rules and provides that a covered base closure area shall be treated as a HUBZone.
Agency: Small Business Administration(SBA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 13 CFR 125
Legal Authority: 15 USC 631 PL 112-239

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Statutory	National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013, Public Law 112-239, section 1696.	07/02/2013

Overall Description of Deadline: Section 1696 requires guidance on the statutory limitations on subcontracting to be issued, pursuant to notice and comment rulemaking within 180 days (July 2, 2013) after enactment of the NDAA.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Dean R. Koppel Assistant Director, Office of Policy and Research Small Business Administration 409 Third Street SW., Washington, DC 20416 Phone:202 205-7322 Fax:202 481-1540 Email: dean.koppel@sba.gov