The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Department of the Treasury· Rule

Increased Amounts of Credit or Deduction for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements; Correction

Stage 2·first seen 127d ago·127d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 10d

SUMMARY: Federal Register This document contains corrections to Treasury Decision 9998 published in theon Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Treasury Decision 9998 sets forth final regulations regarding the increased credit amounts or the increased deduction amount available for taxpayers satisfying prevailing wage and…

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Environmental Protection Agency· Rule

Findings of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan Revisions for Nonattainment Areas for the 2010 1-Hour Primary Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard

effective in 31d

SUMMARY: 2 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to find that four States failed to submit State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions required by the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a timely manner for certain nonattainment areas for the 2010 1-hour sulfur dioxide (SO) National Ambient Air Quality…

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Department of Labor· Rule

DOL Acquisition Regulation: Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation System

Stage 2·first seen 346d ago·346d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 31d

SUMMARY: With this final rule, the Department of Labor (DOL) is revising the Department of Labor Acquisition Regulation (DOLAR) to remove provisions from the regulation that were redundant or obsolete. The final rule also codifies the use of certain contractual provisions that DOL has developed and deployed in recent…

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Small Business Investment Company Licensing and Examination Fees Inflation Adjustment

effective in 46d

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is providing notice of the annual Inflation Adjustment to the Licensing and Examination Fees charged in the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, required under the SBIC program regulations.

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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled· Notice

Procurement List; Proposed Deletions

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing to delete product(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled· Notice

Procurement List; Deletions

SUMMARY: This action deletes product(s) and service(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Short-Time Compensation (STC) Grants

comments close in 60d

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, “Short-Time Compensation (STC) Grants.” This comment request is part of continuing Departmental…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Standard Job Corps Contractor Information Gathering

comments close in 60d

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL or Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, “Standard Job Corps Contractor Information Gathering.” This comment request is part of…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Pension Benefit Statement

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Tax Performance System

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Information on SBA Secondary Market Program

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Notice is to inform the public that the Small Business Administration (SBA) is making a change to its Secondary Market Loan Pooling Program. SBA is decreasing the minimum maturity ratio for both SBA Standard Pools and Weighted-Average Coupon (WAC) Pools by 300 basis points, to 89.0%. The…

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster for the State of Florida

Stage 6

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-4806-DR), dated 08/10/2024. Incident: Hurricane Debby. Incident Period: 08/01/2024 and continuing.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Iowa

Stage 3·first seen 16d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Iowa (FEMA-4796-DR), dated 07/24/2024. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-line Winds, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 06/16/2024 through 07/23/2024.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Texas

Stage 7·first seen 64d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Texas (FEMA-4781-DR), dated 05/23/2024. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/26/2024 through 06/05/2024.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Administrative Disaster Declaration of a Rural Area for the State of Arkansas

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the State of Arkansas dated 08/12/2024. Incident: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/24/2024 through 05/27/2024.

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