13 CFR § 129.300 - What definitions are important in this subpart?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s129.300"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 129.300 - What definitions are important in this subpart?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "129.300"
section_name: "What definitions are important in this subpart?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "129"
part_name: "CONTRACTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES LOCATED IN DISASTER AREAS, AND SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES LOCATED IN DISASTER AREAS, PUERTO RICO, AND COVERED TERRITORY BUSINESSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(F)(ii), (iii), 644(f)."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 65665, Nov. 29, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
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# 129.300 What definitions are important in this subpart?

*Covered period* means:

(1) In the case of a Puerto Rico business, the period beginning on August 13, 2018 and ending on the date which the Oversight Board established under section 101 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (48 U.S.C. 2121) terminates. 15 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(F)(iii); or

(2) In the case of a Covered territory business, the period beginning on January 1, 2021, the period ending on January 1, 2025. 15 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(f)(iii).

*Covered territory business* means a small business concern that has its principal office located in one of the following:

(1) The United States Virgin Islands;

(2) American Samoa;

(3) Guam; or

(4) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

*Located in Puerto Rico* means a concern with a physical location in Puerto Rico and organized under the laws of Puerto Rico.

[85 FR 69125, Nov. 2, 2020, as amended at 87 FR 50927, Aug. 19, 2022]