13 C.F.R. Subpart A—Overview
Title 13 - Business Credit and Assistance
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) aids, counsels, assists, and protects the interests of small business concerns, and advocates on their behalf within the Government. It also helps victims of disasters. It provides financial assistance, contractual assistance, and business development assistance. For a more detailed description of the functions of SBA see The United States Government Manual, a special publication of the (a) An Administrator, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, manages SBA. The Administrator— (1) Is responsible to the President and Congress for exercising direction, authority, and control over SBA. (2) Determines and approves all policies covering SBA's programs to aid, counsel, assist, and protect the interests of the nation's small businesses. (3) Employs or appoints employees necessary to implement the Small Business Act, as amended, the Small Business Investment Act, as amended, and other laws and directives. (4) Delegates certain activities, by issuing regulations or otherwise, to Headquarters and field positions. (b) A Deputy Administrator, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, serves as Acting Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the Administrator. The Headquarters of SBA is at 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416. A list of SBA's field offices with addresses, phone numbers and jurisdictions served is periodically published in the (a) Regional offices. Regional offices are managed by a Regional Administrator who is responsible to the Administrator and to the Associate Administrator for Field Operations. They are located in major cities and have geographical boundaries which cover multi-state areas. Regional offices exercise limited authority over field activities within their region. (b) District offices. District offices are managed by a District Director and are located in cities within a region. District offices are responsible to Headquarters, the Associate Administrator for Field Operations, and to a regional office. Within their delegated authority, district offices have authority for— (1) Conducting all program delivery activities within the district boundaries; (2) Supervising all branch offices located within the district boundaries; and (3) Providing subordinate branch offices with the technical capability necessary to execute assigned programs. (c) Branch offices. Branch offices are managed by a Branch Manager and are located in cities within a district. Branch offices are responsible to the district office within whose boundaries it is located. Branch offices execute one or more elements of the business or disaster loan programs and have limited authority for program execution. (d) Disaster area offices. Disaster area offices are managed by Area Directors and are located in cities within defined geographical areas. Disaster area offices are responsible to Headquarters and provide loan services to victims of declared disasters. Temporary disaster offices are often established in areas where disasters have occurred. (e) Responsibilities. Each field office has responsibilities within a defined geographical area as periodically set forth in the (a) The SBA's seal shall be in a manner and form set forth as follows: (b) The Administrator, Deputy Administrator, General Counsel, Assistant Administrator for Administration, Assistant Administrator for Hearings and Appeals, Associate Administrator for Minority Enterprise Development, Regional Administrators, District Directors, Branch Managers, the Inspector General, and Disaster Area Directors are authorized to— (1) Certify and authenticate originals and copies of any books, records, papers, or other documents on file within SBA, or extracts taken from them. (2) Certify the nonexistence of records. (3) Affix the Seal of SBA to all such certifications for those purposes authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1733. (a) SBA makes loans and provides other services that are authorized and executed under Federal programs to achieve national purposes. (b) The following are construed and enforced in accordance with Federal law— (1) Instruments evidencing loans; (2) Security interests in real or personal property payable to or held by SBA or the Administrator such as promissory notes, bonds, guarantee agreements, mortgages, and deeds of trust; (3) Other evidences of debt or security; (4) Contracts or agreements to which SBA is a party, unless expressly provided otherwise. (c) To the extent feasible, SBA uses local or state procedures, especially for recordation and notification purposes, in implementing and facilitating SBA's loan programs. This use of local or state procedures is not a waiver by SBA of any Federal immunity from any local or state control, penalty, tax, or liability. (d) No person, corporation, or organization that applies for and receives any benefit or assistance from SBA, or that offers any assurance or security upon which SBA relies for the granting of such benefit or assistance, is entitled to claim or assert any local or state law to defeat the obligation incurred in obtaining or assuring such Federal benefit or assistance. (a) SBA uses forms approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), as amended. You may obtain approved forms for use by the public when applying for or obtaining SBA assistance, or when providing services for SBA, from any field office (see §101.103). You may also use forms which you have prepared yourself, or have obtained from another source, if those forms are identical in every respect to the forms approved by OMB for the same purpose. (b) Any member of the public who has reason to believe any SBA office or agent is in violation of the Public Protection Clause of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3512 and see 5 CFR 1320.6) should notify SBA. Direct such comments to the Assistant Administrator for Administration at 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416. Yes. Despite these exemptions, SBA will follow the public participation requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553, in rulemakings relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts. Yes. All SBA regulations must be interpreted as including the section headings.
Title 13: Business Credit and Assistance
PART 101—ADMINISTRATION
Subpart A—Overview
§ 101.100 What is the purpose of SBA?
§ 101.101 Who manages SBA?
§ 101.102 Where is SBA's Headquarters located?
§ 101.103 Where are SBA's field offices located?
§ 101.104 What are the functions of SBA's field offices?
§ 101.105 Who may use SBA's official seal and for what purposes?
§ 101.106 Does Federal law apply to SBA programs and activities?
§ 101.107 What SBA forms are approved for public use?
§ 101.108 Has SBA waived any of the public participation exemptions of the Administrative Procedure Act?
§ 101.109 Do SBA regulations include the section headings?
