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Listed below are documents published in the Federal Register and open for comment that may significantly affect small businesses. Advocacy encourages affected small businesses to provide the Federal agency issuing the notice with comments on the proposed action and the agency’s analysis of its potential impacts on small business. Please share with the Office of Advocacy your comments on these and other regulatory proposals of importance to small businesses.

The Regulatory Alerts Archive can be found here: https://advocacy.sba.gov/category/alerts-archive/.

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Regulatory Alerts

DOL Proposes Rule to Create Private-Sector Apprenticeship Programs

Office of Advocacy Jul 11, 2019

On June 25, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule to create an apprenticeship program run by private-sector partners recognized by the agency. The agency would designate “standards recognition entities” or SREs from…

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SEC Requests Comments on Changes to Registration Exemptions

Office of Advocacy Jul 10, 2019

On June 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested comments on several registration exemptions under the Securities Act of 1933 that facilitate capital raising. The SEC is specifically requesting comments on the…

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SBA Proposes to Modify Its Method for Calculating Annual Average Receipts Used to Define Size…

Office of Advocacy Jun 26, 2019

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to modify its method for calculating annual average receipts used to prescribe size standards for small businesses. Specifically, consistent with a recent amendment to the Small…

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DOD Proposes to Accelerate Payments to Small Contractors and Subcontractors

Office of Advocacy Jun 18, 2019

The Department of Defense (DoD) is proposing a rule that would revise the Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement to implement section 852 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 115 - 232) which provides for accelerated…

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APHIS Seeks Comments on Revisions to Regulations for Movement of Genetically Engineered Organisms

Office of Advocacy Jun 17, 2019

On June 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a proposed rule to revise regulations concerning the importation, interstate movement, and environmental release of…

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Forest Service Seeks Comments on Revisions to NEPA Compliance Regulations

Office of Advocacy Jun 17, 2019

On June 13, 2019 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (Service) published a proposed rule to revise National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. According to the Service, the revisions would speed up the pace for…

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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Announces 2019 Trade Practice Seminars

Office of Advocacy Mar 25, 2019

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) will be conducting Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA) Trade Practice Seminars in the following locations: Ted Weiss Federal Building – New York, New York on April 24, 2019…