Small Business Administration Final Rule

2026-00173: Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments

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Summary

The U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA" or "Agency") is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on January 2, 2026. The document revised regulations for the Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") program to modify or remove from the Code of Federal Regulations ("CFR") regulations that are obsolete, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessarily impede the licensing of small business investment companies ("SBICs") and to remove certain barriers to investments in critical mineral extraction and processing and designated critical technologies.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

327 words as published, January 08, 2026. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 555] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-00173] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 13 CFR Part 107 RIN 3245-AI14 Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments

Agency

U. S. Small Business Administration.

Action

Final rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The U.S. Small Business Administration (``SBA'' or ``Agency'') is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on January 2, 2026. The document revised regulations for the Small Business Investment Company (``SBIC'') program to modify or remove from the Code of Federal Regulations (``CFR'') regulations that are obsolete, inefficient, or otherwise unnecessarily impede the licensing of small business investment companies (``SBICs'') and to remove certain barriers to investments in critical mineral extraction and processing and designated critical technologies.

Dates

Effective February 2, 2026.

For Further Information Contact

Paul Van Eyl, Director of Financial Policy, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration, [email protected], 202-257-5955. This phone number can also be reached by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have speech disabilities, through the Federal Communications Commission's TTY-Based Telecommunications Relay Service teletype service at 711.

Supplementary Information

In FR 2025-24232 appearing on page 8 in the Federal Register of Monday, January 2, 2026, the following corrections are made: Sec. 107.1700 [Corrected] 0

1. On page 9, in the first column, in part 30, instruction 30, ``Amend

Sec. 107.1700 by revising the first to read as follows:'' is corrected to read ``Amend Sec. 107.1700 by revising the first sentence to read as follows:'' Sec. 107.1820 [Corrected] 0

2. On page 9, in the second column, amendment 33 is corrected to read

as ``Amend Sec. 107.1820 by revising paragraphs (a) and (d)(9) to read as follows:'' Paul Van Eyl, Director of Financial Policy. [FR Doc. 2026-00173 Filed 1-7-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026-09-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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