13 CFR § 123.1 - What do these rules cover?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s123.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 123.1 - What do these rules cover?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "123.1"
section_name: "What do these rules cover?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "123"
part_name: "DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 636(b), 636(d), 657n, 9009, and U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 10."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 3304, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "123"
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# 123.1 What do these rules cover?

This part covers the disaster loan programs authorized under the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 636(b), (d), and (f); and 15 U.S.C. 657n. Since SBA cannot predict the occurrence or magnitude of disasters, it reserves the right to change the rules in this part, without advance notice, by publishing interim emergency regulations in the *Federal Register.*

[61 FR 3304, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 75 FR 60597, Oct. 1, 2010]