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The Small Business Runway Extension Act, Public Law 115-324, amended the Small Business Act to provide for calculation of average annual receipts using a 5-year average, rather than the prior 3-year average, in defined circumstances. For firms subject to SBA's receipt-based size standards (generally, service-industry, construction, and agricultural firms), a lengthened averaging period permits firms with increasing revenues to stay eligible for small business benefits for longer. In RIN 3245-AH16, SBA implemented the Small Business Runway Extension Act in programs other than SBA's loan programs--including SBA's procurement programs--and SBA issued its final rule in that first rulemaking on December 5, 2019 (84 FR 66561). This second rulemaking would consider how to address the Small Business Runway Extension Act in SBA's business loan, disaster loan, and SBIC programs.