Consolidation of Mentor-Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments; Correction, 38537-38538 [2021-15357]
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provisions. Section 7 does not have a
paragraph (c). The correct references are
paragraphs (a)(2)(v) introductory text
and (a)(2)(v)(A), (B), (D), and (E). This
document makes the corrections to
revise those paragraphs in paragraph
(a)(2)(v) as intended by the final rule.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 457
Acreage allotments, Crop insurance,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 457 is
corrected by making the following
amendments:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
7 CFR Part 457
Common Crop Insurance Regulations;
Small Grains Crop Insurance
Provisions; Corrections
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Correcting Amendment.
AGENCY:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1506(l), 1506(o).
2. In § 457.101, in section 7, revise
paragraphs (a)(2)(v) introductory text
and (a)(2)(v)(A), (B), (D), and (E) to read
as follows:
On June 25, 2021, the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation revised the
Common Crop Insurance Regulations;
Small Grains Crop Insurance Provisions.
That final rule included a typographical
error in an amendatory instruction
resulting in change that could not be
made in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR). This document makes those
corrections.
DATES: Effective date: July 22, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Francie Tolle; telephone (816) 926–
7730; email francie.tolle@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means of communication
should contact the USDA Target Center
at (202) 720–2600 or 844–433–2774.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Small Grains Crop Insurance
Provisions in 7 CFR 457.101 were
revised by a final rule published in the
Federal Register on June 25, 2021 (86
FR 33485–33491). This document makes
the changes that were not incorporated,
when the other changes in the final rule
were made in the CFR, due to a
typographical error. There was an
incorrect reference in the amendatory
language that referenced paragraphs
(c)(2)(v) introductory text and
(c)(2)(v)(A), (B), (D), and (E) in section
7 of the small grains crop insurance
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1. The authority citation for part 457
continues to read as follows:
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PART 457—COMMON CROP
INSURANCE REGULATIONS
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Richard Flournoy,
Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
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that producers in the area would
normally not further care for the crop,
must be replanted to a spring type of the
insured crop unless we agree it is not
practical to replant.
(E) If winter-planted acreage is not to
be insured it must be recorded on the
acreage report as uninsured winterplanted acreage.
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§ 457.101 Small grains crop insurance
provisions.
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(2) * * *
(v) Whenever the Special Provisions
designate only a spring type, any winter
barley, oat, or wheat acreage will not be
insured unless you request such
coverage on or before the spring sales
closing date, and we inspect and give
written confirmation that the acreage
has an adequate stand in the spring to
produce the yield used to determine
your production guarantee. However, if
we fail to inspect the acreage by the
spring final planting date, insurance
will attach as specified in section
7(a)(2)(v)(C).
(A) Your request for coverage must
include the location and number of
acres of winter barley, oats, or wheat.
(B) The winter barley, oats, or wheat
will be insured as a spring type for the
purpose of the production guarantee,
premium, projected price, and harvest
price, if applicable.
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(D) Any such winter barley, oats, or
wheat acreage that is damaged after it is
accepted for insurance but before the
spring final planting date, to the extent
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13 CFR Parts 121 and 124
RIN 3245–AG94
Consolidation of Mentor-Prote´ge´
Programs and Other Government
Contracting Amendments; Correction
U.S. Small Business
Administration.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) is correcting a
final rule that was published in the
Federal Register on October 16, 2020.
The rule merged the 8(a) Business
Development (BD) Mentor-Prote´ge´
Program and the All Small MentorProte´ge´ Program to eliminate confusion
and remove unnecessary duplication of
functions within SBA. This document is
making technical corrections to the final
regulations.
DATES: Effective July 22, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Hagedorn, U.S. Small Business
Administration, Office of General
Counsel, 409 Third Street SW,
Washington, DC 20416; (202) 205–7625;
mark.hagedorn@sba.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 16, 2020, SBA published a final
rule revising the regulations pertaining
to the 8(a) BD and size programs in
order to further reduce unnecessary or
excessive burdens on small businesses
and to more clearly delineate SBA’s
intent in certain regulations (85 FR
66146). This is the fourth set of
corrections. The first set of corrections
was published in the Federal Register
on November 16, 2020 (85 FR 72916).
SUMMARY:
7. Insurance Period.
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The second set of corrections was
published in the Federal Register on
January 14, 2021 (86 FR 2957). The third
set of corrections was published in the
Federal Register on February 23, 2021
(86 FR 10732). This document augments
those corrections.
In the final rule, SBA amended
§ 121.404(a)(1) to revise and clarify
when the size status of a business
concern is determined for a multipleaward contract. In doing so, SBA
inadvertently removed
§ 121.404(a)(1)(iv), which concerned
when the size of a concern is
determined for multiple-award contracts
for which offerors are not required to
submit price as part of the offer. SBA
did not intend to delete that provision.
This document adds back in
§ 121.404(a)(1)(iv) as it appeared in
SBA’s regulations prior to the final rule.
This rule also corrects a typographical
error contained in the introductory text
of § 121.404(g) by removing the word
‘‘until’’ from the second sentence.
The final rule also revised
§ 121.404(g)(2) to add language relating
to the effect a merger, sale or acquisition
that occurs between a concern’s offer for
a particular procurement and the date of
award for that procurement would have
on the concern’s continued eligibility to
receive the award and a procuring
agency’s ability to continue to receive
small business credit. The final rule
inadvertently left out a corresponding
change to § 121.404(g)(4). This rule
corrects that omission by adding the
words ‘‘or pending’’ to § 121.404(g)(4)
to make clear that the revisions to
§ 121.404(g)(2) were intended to apply
to orders issued under multiple award
contracts (MACs) as well.
Finally, the final rule also made
several revisions to § 124.509 regarding
business activity targets applying to
Participants in SBA’s 8(a) Business
Development program. One of the
changes made by the final rule was to
clarify that SBA will compare 8(a) and
non-8(a) revenues in a Participant’s
program year, as opposed to its fiscal
year. The final rule intended to change
all references from fiscal year to
program year. However, one reference to
fiscal year was mistakenly left in
§ 124.509(b)(3). This correction changes
fiscal year to program year in
§ 124.509(b)(3).
List of Subjects
13 CFR Part 121
Administrative practice and
procedure, Government procurement,
Government property, Grant programs—
business, Individuals with disabilities,
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Loan programs—business, Small
businesses.
13 CFR Part 124
Administrative practice and
procedure, Government procurement,
Government property, Small businesses.
Accordingly, 13 CFR parts 121 and
124 are corrected by making the
following correcting amendments:
PART 121—SMALL BUSINESS SIZE
REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 121
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6),
636(a)(36), 662, and 694a(9); Pub. L. 116–136,
Section 1114.
2. Amend § 121.404 by
a. Adding paragraph (a)(1)(iv);
■ b. Revising the second sentence of
paragraph (g) introductory text; and
■ c. Revising the second sentence of
paragraph (g)(4).
The addition and revisions read as
follows:
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§ 121.404 When is the size status of a
business concern determined?
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(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(iv) For an indefinite delivery,
indefinite quantity (IDIQ), Multiple
Award Contract, where concerns are not
required to submit price as part of the
offer for the IDIQ contract, size will be
determined as of the date of initial offer,
which may not include price.
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(g) * * * Similarly, a concern that
represents itself as a small business and
qualifies as small after a required
recertification under paragraph (g)(1),
(2), or (3) of this section is generally
considered to be a small business
throughout the life of that contract.
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(4) * * * However, if the Multiple
Award Contract was set-aside for small
businesses, partially set-aside for small
businesses, or reserved for small
business, then in the case of a contract
novation, or merger or acquisition
where no novation is required, where
the resulting contractor is now other
than small, the agency cannot count any
new or pending orders issued pursuant
to the contract, from that point forward,
towards its small business goals. * * *
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PART 124—8(a) BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT/SMALL
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS STATUS
DETERMINATIONS
3. The authority citation for part 124
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6), 636(j),
637(a), 637(d), 644 and Pub. L. 99–661, Pub.
L. 100–656, sec. 1207, Pub. L. 101–37, Pub.
L. 101–574, section 8021, Pub. L. 108–87,
Pub. L. 116–260, sec. 330, and 42 U.S.C.
9815.
4. Amend § 124.509 by revising the
first sentence of paragraph (b)(3) to read
as follows:
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§ 124.509 What are non-8(a) business
activity targets?
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(b) * * *
(3) * * * SBA will measure the
Participant’s compliance with the
applicable non-8(a) business activity
target at the end of each program year
in the transitional stage by comparing
the Participant’s non-8(a) revenue to its
total revenue during the program year
just completed. * * *
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Antonio Doss,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of
Government Contracting and Business
Development.
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this AD to address the unsafe condition
on these products.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
13 CFR Parts 121 and 124
RIN 3245-AG94
Consolidation of Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Programs and Other
Government Contracting Amendments; Correction
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is correcting a
final rule that was published in the Federal Register on October 16,
2020. The rule merged the 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor-
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program and the All Small Mentor-
Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program to eliminate confusion and remove
unnecessary duplication of functions within SBA. This document is
making technical corrections to the final regulations.
DATES: Effective July 22, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hagedorn, U.S. Small Business
Administration, Office of General Counsel, 409 Third Street SW,
Washington, DC 20416; (202) 205-7625; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 16, 2020, SBA published a final
rule revising the regulations pertaining to the 8(a) BD and size
programs in order to further reduce unnecessary or excessive burdens on
small businesses and to more clearly delineate SBA's intent in certain
regulations (85 FR 66146). This is the fourth set of corrections. The
first set of corrections was published in the Federal Register on
November 16, 2020 (85 FR 72916).
[[Page 38538]]
The second set of corrections was published in the Federal Register on
January 14, 2021 (86 FR 2957). The third set of corrections was
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 2021 (86 FR 10732).
This document augments those corrections.
In the final rule, SBA amended Sec. 121.404(a)(1) to revise and
clarify when the size status of a business concern is determined for a
multiple-award contract. In doing so, SBA inadvertently removed Sec.
121.404(a)(1)(iv), which concerned when the size of a concern is
determined for multiple-award contracts for which offerors are not
required to submit price as part of the offer. SBA did not intend to
delete that provision. This document adds back in Sec.
121.404(a)(1)(iv) as it appeared in SBA's regulations prior to the
final rule.
This rule also corrects a typographical error contained in the
introductory text of Sec. 121.404(g) by removing the word ``until''
from the second sentence.
The final rule also revised Sec. 121.404(g)(2) to add language
relating to the effect a merger, sale or acquisition that occurs
between a concern's offer for a particular procurement and the date of
award for that procurement would have on the concern's continued
eligibility to receive the award and a procuring agency's ability to
continue to receive small business credit. The final rule inadvertently
left out a corresponding change to Sec. 121.404(g)(4). This rule
corrects that omission by adding the words ``or pending'' to Sec.
121.404(g)(4) to make clear that the revisions to Sec. 121.404(g)(2)
were intended to apply to orders issued under multiple award contracts
(MACs) as well.
Finally, the final rule also made several revisions to Sec.
124.509 regarding business activity targets applying to Participants in
SBA's 8(a) Business Development program. One of the changes made by the
final rule was to clarify that SBA will compare 8(a) and non-8(a)
revenues in a Participant's program year, as opposed to its fiscal
year. The final rule intended to change all references from fiscal year
to program year. However, one reference to fiscal year was mistakenly
left in Sec. 124.509(b)(3). This correction changes fiscal year to
program year in Sec. 124.509(b)(3).
List of Subjects
13 CFR Part 121
Administrative practice and procedure, Government procurement,
Government property, Grant programs--business, Individuals with
disabilities, Loan programs--business, Small businesses.
13 CFR Part 124
Administrative practice and procedure, Government procurement,
Government property, Small businesses.
Accordingly, 13 CFR parts 121 and 124 are corrected by making the
following correcting amendments:
PART 121--SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 121 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 636(a)(36), 662, and
694a(9); Pub. L. 116-136, Section 1114.
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2. Amend Sec. 121.404 by
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a. Adding paragraph (a)(1)(iv);
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b. Revising the second sentence of paragraph (g) introductory text; and
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c. Revising the second sentence of paragraph (g)(4).
The addition and revisions read as follows:
Sec. 121.404 When is the size status of a business concern
determined?
* * * * *
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(iv) For an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ),
Multiple Award Contract, where concerns are not required to submit
price as part of the offer for the IDIQ contract, size will be
determined as of the date of initial offer, which may not include
price.
* * * * *
(g) * * * Similarly, a concern that represents itself as a small
business and qualifies as small after a required recertification under
paragraph (g)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is generally considered
to be a small business throughout the life of that contract. * * *
* * * * *
(4) * * * However, if the Multiple Award Contract was set-aside for
small businesses, partially set-aside for small businesses, or reserved
for small business, then in the case of a contract novation, or merger
or acquisition where no novation is required, where the resulting
contractor is now other than small, the agency cannot count any new or
pending orders issued pursuant to the contract, from that point
forward, towards its small business goals. * * *
* * * * *
PART 124--8(a) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
STATUS DETERMINATIONS
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3. The authority citation for part 124 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6), 636(j), 637(a), 637(d), 644 and
Pub. L. 99-661, Pub. L. 100-656, sec. 1207, Pub. L. 101-37, Pub. L.
101-574, section 8021, Pub. L. 108-87, Pub. L. 116-260, sec. 330,
and 42 U.S.C. 9815.
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4. Amend Sec. 124.509 by revising the first sentence of paragraph
(b)(3) to read as follows:
Sec. 124.509 What are non-8(a) business activity targets?
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(3) * * * SBA will measure the Participant's compliance with the
applicable non-8(a) business activity target at the end of each program
year in the transitional stage by comparing the Participant's non-8(a)
revenue to its total revenue during the program year just completed. *
* *
* * * * *
Antonio Doss,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and
Business Development.
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