United States · regulation · 13 CFR · 1,656 active provisions
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) aids, counsels, assists, and protects the interests of small business concerns, and advocates on their behalf within the Government. It also helps victims of disasters. It provides financial assistance, contractual assistance, and business development assistance. For a more…
(a) An Administrator, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, manages SBA. The Administrator— (1) Is responsible to the President and Congress for exercising direction, authority, and control over SBA. (2) Determines and approves all policies covering SBA's programs to aid, counsel, assist…
The Headquarters of SBA is at 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416.
A list of SBA's field offices with addresses, phone numbers and jurisdictions served is periodically published in the Federal Register. You can also obtain the address and phone number of an SBA office to serve you by calling 1-800-8-ASK-SBA or 1-800-827-5722.
(a) Regional offices. Regional offices are managed by a Regional Administrator who is responsible to the Administrator and to the Associate Administrator for Field Operations. They are located in major cities and have geographical boundaries which cover multi-state areas. Regional offices exercise limited authority ove…
(a) General. This section describes the official seal of the SBA and prescribes rules for its use. (b) Official Seal. The official seal of the SBA is illustrated below. (c) Authorized Use. The official seal and reproductions of the seal may only be used as follows: (1) Certify and authenticate originals and copies of a…
(a) SBA makes loans and provides other services that are authorized and executed under Federal programs to achieve national purposes. (b) The following are construed and enforced in accordance with Federal law— (1) Instruments evidencing loans; (2) Security interests in real or personal property payable to or held by S…
(a) SBA uses forms approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), as amended. You may obtain approved forms for use by the public when applying for or obtaining SBA assistance, or when providing services for SBA, from any field office (see § 101…
Yes. Despite these exemptions, SBA will follow the public participation requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553, in rulemakings relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.
Yes. All SBA regulations must be interpreted as including the section headings.
(a) Business loans. SBA may hire private counsel to represent it in regard to business loans when the volume of activity in an area is not sufficient to require a full-time SBA employee, or the area is too remote for economical use of a full-time SBA employee. (b) Disaster loans. SBA may hire private counsel in regard…
(a) Private counsel must perform all requested work in compliance with SBA's regulations, policies, and instructions, and take such action as is legally required under the Small Business Act, the Small Business Investment Act, and other laws applicable to SBA. (b) Private counsel must adhere to the highest standards of…
The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) authorizes SBA's Inspector General to provide policy direction for, and to conduct, supervise, and coordinate such audits, investigations, and inspections relating to the programs and operations of SBA as appears necessary or desirable.
The Office of Inspector General should receive all information or allegations of waste, fraud, or abuse regarding SBA programs and operations.
To obtain the necessary information and evidence, the Inspector General (and designees) have the right to: (a) Have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, and other materials available to SBA and relating to SBA's programs and operations; (b) Require by subpoena the product…
(a) Service of subpoenas may be effected by any of the following means— (1) If by mail, a copy of the subpoena must be addressed to the person, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association to be served at a residence or usual dwelling place, or a principal office or place of business, and mailed first class…
(a) This subpart implements section 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (31 U.S.C. 6506 et seq.) which promotes intergovernmental partnership and strengthens Federalism by relying on state processes and state, area-wide, regional, and local coordination for the review of proposed Federal financial assistance a…
SBA publishes in the Federal Register a list of programs and activities subject to this subpart.
(a) A state may— (1) Select any program or activity published in the Federal Register under § 101.401 for intergovernmental review (providing it consults with local elected officials before doing so) and then notify the Administrator of the programs and activities selected; and (2) Notify the Administrator of changes i…
(a) The Administrator provides notice to directly affected state, area-wide, regional, and local entities in a state of proposed SBA financial assistance or direct SBA development if— (1) The state has not adopted a process under Executive Order 12372 (3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 197), as amended by Executive Order 12416 (3…
(a) The Administrator follows the procedures of § 101.405 if— (1) A state office or official is designated to act as a single point of contact between a state process and all Federal agencies; and (2) That office or official transmits a state process recommendation for a program selected under § 101.402(a). (b)(1) The…
(a) If a state process provides a recommendation to SBA through its single point of contact, the Administrator: (1) Accepts the recommendation; or (2) Reaches a mutually agreeable solution with the state process; or (3) Provides the single point of contact with a written explanation of the decision in a form the Admini…
The Administrator is responsible for— (a) Identifying proposed SBA financial assistance and direct SBA development that have an impact on interstate areas; (b) Notifying appropriate officials and entities in states which have adopted a process and selected an SBA program or activity; (c) Making efforts to identify and…
The Administrator may waive any provision of §§ 101.400 through and including 101.406 in an emergency.
(a) The Administration has developed and coordinated a Government-wide program, which is located at http://www.sba.gov/energy, building on the Energy Star for Small Business Program, to assist small business concerns in becoming more energy efficient, understanding the cost savings from improved energy efficiency, and…