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Small Business Administration
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments
Published January 2, 2026. Takes effect February 2, 2026. printed at 91 FR 1. amending 13 CFR 107.
This changes the rules for funds that invest in small firms.
What the Rule Says It Does
On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA" or "Agency") published a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM" or "proposed rule") to revise the 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. This final rule implements proposed regulatory changes as modified to address comments SBA received.
This is the rule's own summary, as the Federal Register prints it.
The Orders It Names
- Executive Order 14241: Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production
- Executive Order 14272: Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products
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- The rule itself
Small Business Administration, “Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments,” 91 FR 1 (January 2, 2026). Effective February 2, 2026.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/02/2025-24232/small-business-investment-company-sbic-regulatory-amendments - This page
“Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Regulatory Amendments,” a final rule naming an order indexed here. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rules/rule-2025-24232/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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