98-28422. Small Business Size Regulations and Government Contracting Assistance Regulations; Very Small Business Concern

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28422]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

13 CFR Parts 121 and 125


Small Business Size Regulations and Government Contracting 
Assistance Regulations; Very Small Business Concern

AGENCY: Small Business Administration (SBA).

ACTION: Final rule; notice of compliance date.

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SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration published a final rule 
implementing its Very Small Business Set-Aside Pilot Program in the 
Federal Register of September 2, 1998 (63 FR 46640). In this document 
the SBA establishes a compliance date of January 4, 1999.

DATES: The compliance date for the Final Rule published at 63 FR 46640 
is January 4, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Robinson, Office of Prime 
Contracting, at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Small Business Administration (SBA) 
published a final rule in the Federal Register on September 2, 1998 (63 
FR 46640), implementing its Very Small Business (VSB) Set-Aside Pilot 
Program. The effective date of that rule was September 2, 1998. SBA has 
determined that it would be in the best interests of those small 
entities served by the VSB program and those agencies required to 
implement this program, to establish a compliance date for this rule of 
January 4, 1999. This will facilitate the promulgation of Government-
wide procurement regulations in the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
(FAR) and, will ensure uniform application and implementation of SBA's 
VSB program by all Federal agencies. These FAR regulations will be 
published in the form of an Interim Rule in the Federal Register on or 
before January 4, 1999. Should publication of procurement regulations 
be delayed in the FAR, the compliance date of this rule will remain as 
January 4, 1999 and SBA will supply guidance for the implementation of 
this rule, to those agencies affected, through its Procurement Center 
Representatives.

    Dated: October 15, 1998.
Aida Alvarez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-28422 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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