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Surety Bond Guarantee Program: Streamlining and Modernizing
The Small Business Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 19, 2024. Comments closed on January 21, 2025.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) proposes to amend its regulations for the Surety Bond Guarantee Program to reduce the burden on participating surety companies for submission and retention of documents. SBA is also correcting conflicting provisions, as well as revising the obsolete preferred surety admissions requirements and the Quarterly Contract Completion Report.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-26831
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Small Business Administration
- Published
- November 19, 2024
- Comments due
- January 21, 2025
- Dates
- SBA must receive comments to this proposed rule on or before January 21, 2025.
- Docket
- Agency Docket Number: SBA-2023-0009
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3245-AI06
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 13 CFR 115
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Small businesses; Surety bonds
- Pages
- 8
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