# 2024-31407: Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses

2024-31407, Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03, effective 2025-01-17 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31407
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31407
- Title: Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-03
- Effective: 2025-01-17
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## Summary

Starting January 17, 2025, new rules will make it easier and more rewarding for big government contractors to team up with small businesses in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. This change helps these small businesses get more chances to shine and win government work, thanks to updated incentives from the Small Business Administration. If you’re a contractor or small biz in these areas, get ready to benefit from these fresh opportunities!

## Abstract

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration to add incentives for certain United States territories under the Small Business Administration mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] program.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mentor Contractors Get Two New Incentives: benefit, medium. Starting January 17, 2025, a mentor with an SBA-approved mentor‑protégé agreement that subcontracts to its protégé (if the protégé is a covered territory business or has its principal office in Puerto Rico) can receive positive consideration in the mentor's past performance evaluation and may count…
- More Opportunities for Territory Small Businesses: benefit, medium. The rule is expected to benefit small businesses with principal offices in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and covered territory small businesses (U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) because mentors may be incentivized to enter SBA‑approv…
- Certain Statutory Small Entities Exempt from Subcontracting Plans: benefit, low. The rule decreases compliance burden by specifying that subcontractors who are treated as small business concerns by statute (for example, Alaska Native Corporations as cited at 13 CFR 125.3(b)(2)) are not required to submit subcontracting plans as subcontractors. The general subcontracting‑plan th…

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## Sources
- [2024-31407 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31407/federal-acquisition-regulation-subcontracting-to-puerto-rican-and-covered-territory-small-businesses)
- [2024-31407 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31407.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31407 (as of 2026-06-11).