Rescinding Unnecessary Notice and Comment Procedures

What it does

This final rule rescinds the Administration's policy of engaging in notice and comment rulemaking even where the Administrative Procedure Act does not require notice and comment rulemaking. As a result of this final rule, the Administration will follow the default requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. The Administration will reserve the right to engage in voluntary notice and comment rulemaking even where not required by the Administrative Procedure Act as a matter of policy on a case by case basis.

The Small Business Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

13 CFR 101

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Small Business Administration has published 7 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 3 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3245-AI74 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

The final rule is effective August 31, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 13 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register