Sec.

PART 101-ADMINISTRATION

101.1 Purpose, function, general organiza-

tion.

101.2 Organization and functions of the

Central Office Administrator.

101.2-1 Office of Administration.

101.2-2 Office of Personnel.

101.2-3 Office of Field Management.

101.2-4 Office of Equal Employment Oppor-

tunity and Compliance.

101.2-5 Office of the Inspector General.

101.2-6 Office of Advocacy.

101.2-7 Office of General Counsel.

101.2-8 Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Office of International Trade.

101.2-9

101.2-10 Office of Finance and Investment.

101.2-11 Office of Management Assistance.

101.2-12 Office of Procurement and Tech-

nology Assistance.

101.2-13 Office of Minority Small Business

and Capital Ownership Development.

101.2-14 Office of External Affairs.

101.2-15 Office of Public Affairs.

101.2-16 Office of Policy. Planning and

Budgeting.

101.3 Organization and functions of the

Field Offices.

101.3-1 Listing of field offices.

101.3-2 Delegations of authority to conduct

program activities in field offices.

101.4 SBA forms for public use.

101.5 Seal.

101.6 Litigation.

101.7 Employment of fee counsel.

101.8 Investigations: Small Business Act.

101.8-1 Application of the rules of this part.

101.8-2 Scope of rules.

101.8-3 Authority of officer conducting in-

vestigation.

101.8-4 Non-public formal investigation pro-

ceedings.

101.8-5 Right to copy of data or transcript

of testimony.

101.8-6 Counsel for witnesses in investiga-

tions.

101.8-7 Suspension or disbarment of counsel.

101.8-8 Information obtained in investiga-

tions.

101.8-9 Service of subpoena.

101.8-10 Witness fees.

101.9 Public participation in rulemaking.

AUTHORITY: Secs. 4 and 5, Pub. L. 85-536, 72

Stat. 384 and 385 (15 U.S.C. 633 and 634, as
amended); sec. 308, Pub. L. 85-699, 72 Stat. 694
(15 U.S.C. 687, as amended); sec. 5(b)(11), Pub.
L. 93-386 (Aug. 23, 1974); and 5 U.S.C. 552.

SOURCE: Sections 101.2-101.2-16 appear at
47 FR 2074, Jan. 14, 1982, unless otherwise
noted.

Sections 101.4 through 101.9 appear at 39 FR
43815, Dec. 19, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

§ 101.1 Purpose, function, general or-
ganization.

(a) Purpose. To aid, counsel, assist,
and protect the interests of small busi-
ness concerns and to help victims of

disasters.

(b) Functions (1) Procurement and

technology assistance. To insure that a

fair proportion of the total Govern-

ment purchases and contracts or sub-

contracts for property and services for

the Government be placed with small

business enterprises by, among other

things, certifying as to the competency

of small business concerns to perform

such contracts, or subletting contracts

to small business concerns on which

the Agency is prime contractor; to in-

sure that a fair proportion of the total

sales of Government property be made

to small business enterprises; and to

assure that small businesses obtain the

benefit of Government sponsored re-

search and development.

(2) Management assistance. To improve

the management skills of owners, po-

tential owners, and managers of small

business concerns with direct action

programs and through established

channels of business relations; to pro-

vide technical and product assistance

to small business concerns; and to in-

ventory productive facilities of small

business concerns.

(3) Financial assistance. To make

loans to small business concerns and to

victims of floods or other catastrophes,

including loans to small business con-

cerns suffering economic injury as a re-

sult of displacemnt by Federal con-

struction, inability to process products

for human consumption because of un-

determined disease, and need to make

changes in facilities or methods of op-

eration because of various Federal laws

imposing safety and health require-

ments; to make direct or band partici-

pation loans on the basis of certifi-

cations made by the Secretary of Com-

merce to assist firms, large and small,

to adjust to changed economic condi-
tions resulting from increased competi-
tion from imported articles; and to
make loans to state and local develop-
ment companies for purpose of assist-
ing small business concerns.

(4) Guaranteeing surety bonds. To
guarantee sureties of small businesses
against portions of losses