Proposed Rule2025-18807
Tribal Consultation for SBA's Office of Manufacturing and Trade and Other Small Business Programs and Services Offered by the Agency, With a Focus on SBA's Ongoing Manufacturing, Onshoring and Export Initiatives To Encourage Small Businesses Going Global
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September 29, 2025
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Small Business Administration
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces that it is holding a tribal consultation meeting in Mashantucket, Connecticut requesting comments and input on all issues or concerns relating to any of SBA's programs. Specifically, SBA seeks comments on how SBA best can provide access for tribally owned small businesses to initiatives under its Office of Manufacturing and Trade, with a particular focus on SBA's ongoing onshoring, manufacturing and export initiatives in an effort to encourage small businesses going global. SBA is requesting general comments and input on how these programs are working and is inviting suggestions on potential avenues for improving their efficiency or reducing any unnecessary regulatory burden associated with the programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 186 (Monday, September 29, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46531-46532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18807]
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
13 CFR Parts 120, 124, and 125
Tribal Consultation for SBA's Office of Manufacturing and Trade
and Other Small Business Programs and Services Offered by the Agency,
With a Focus on SBA's Ongoing Manufacturing, Onshoring and Export
Initiatives To Encourage Small Businesses Going Global
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration.
ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces that it
is holding a tribal consultation meeting in Mashantucket, Connecticut
requesting comments and input on all issues or concerns relating to any
of SBA's programs. Specifically, SBA seeks comments on how SBA best can
provide access for tribally owned small businesses to initiatives under
its Office of Manufacturing and Trade, with a particular focus on SBA's
ongoing onshoring, manufacturing and export initiatives in an effort to
encourage small businesses going global. SBA is requesting general
comments and input on how these programs are working and is inviting
suggestions on potential avenues for improving their efficiency or
reducing any unnecessary regulatory burden associated with the
programs.
DATES: The Tribal Consultation meeting date is Monday, October 27,
2025, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT), Mashantucket, Connecticut. The
Tribal Consultation meeting pre-registration deadline date is October
22, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
1. The Tribal Consultation meeting will be held at the Mashantucket
Pequot Museum and Research Center, 110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT
06338.
2. Send pre-registration requests to attend and/or testify to Diane
Cullo, Assistant Administrator of SBA's Office of Native American
Affairs, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW,
Washington, DC 20416; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#df9bb6beb1baf19caab3b3b09facbdbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a3e131b141f54390f1616153a09181b541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>; or Facsimile to (202) 481-
2177.
3. Remote participation registration is permitted with pre-
registration. To attend the meeting remotely, the public can register
here: <a href="https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1612981879?pwd=2VzfKaZ9kvIiQR5hMNvaBbmo5hTfMj.1">https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1612981879?pwd=2VzfKaZ9kvIiQR5hMNvaBbmo5hTfMj.1</a>.
4. You may submit written comments to SBA by sending them to Diane
Cullo, Assistant Administrator, Office of Native American Affairs, U.S.
Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW, Washington, DC 20416;
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d29040c0308432e180101022d1e0f0c430a021b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="602409010e054e23150c0c0f201302014e070f16">[email protected]</span></a>.
If you wish to submit confidential business information (CBI),
please submit the information to Diane Cullo, Assistant Administrator,
Office of Native American Affairs, U.S. Small Business Administration,
409 3rd Street SW, Washington, DC 20416 and highlight the information
that you consider to be CBI and explain why you believe this
information should be held confidential. SBA will review the
information and make a final determination of whether the information
will be published or not.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Cullo, Assistant Administrator,
Office of Native American Affairs, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f7b565e515a115c4a5353507f4c5d5e11585049">[email protected]</a> or (202) 619-
0518.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
SBA is requesting comments and input on all programs and services
of the Office of Manufacturing and Trade for tribal entities. The
Office of Manufacturing and Trade's mission is to enhance the ability
of small businesses to compete in the global marketplace.
As SBA's office for the support of small business international
trade development, the Office of Manufacturing and Trade works in
cooperation with other federal agencies and public- and private-sector
groups to encourage small business exports and to assist small
businesses seeking to export. Through U.S. Export Assistance Centers,
SBA district offices and a variety of service-provider partners, we
direct and coordinate SBA's ongoing onshoring and export initiatives to
encourage small businesses going global. Comments are encouraged
regarding exporting, trade tools for international sales, export loans,
and the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant. SBA also requests
comments on its Made in America Manufacturing Initiative including the
recently announced 7(a) Manufacturer's Access to Revolving Credit
(MARC) loan program.
SBA is requesting general comments and input on how the
Administration's programs and services are working and is inviting
comments and suggestions on potential avenues for continuing to make
all loan programs and services more effective and efficient while
continuing to reduce regulatory burden on customers and participants.
President Trump recognizes that increasing domestic manufacturing
is critical to U.S. national security.
<bullet> In 2023, U.S. manufacturing output as a share of global
manufacturing output was 17.4%, down from 28.4% in 2001.
<bullet> The decline in manufacturing output has reduced U.S.
manufacturing capacity.
[cir] The need to maintain a resilient domestic manufacturing
capacity is particularly acute in advanced sectors like autos,
shipbuilding, pharmaceuticals, transport equipment, technology
products, machine tools, and basic and fabricated metals, where loss of
capacity could permanently weaken U.S. competitiveness.
<bullet> U.S. stockpiles of military goods are too low to be
compatible with U.S. national defense interests.
[cir] If the U.S. wishes to maintain an effective security umbrella
to defend its citizens and homeland, as well as allies and partners, it
needs to have a large upstream manufacturing and goods-producing
ecosystem.
[cir] This includes developing new manufacturing technologies in
critical sectors like bio-manufacturing, batteries, and
microelectronics to support defense needs.
<bullet> Increased reliance on foreign producers for goods has left
the U.S. supply chain vulnerable to geopolitical disruption and supply
shocks.
[cir] This vulnerability was exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic,
and later with Houthi attacks on Middle East shipping.
<bullet> From 1997 to 2024, the U.S. lost around 5 million
manufacturing jobs and experienced one of the largest drops in
manufacturing employment in history.
SBA seeks input on how best to include small business in
implementing
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the President's initiative to increase domestic manufacturing.
SBA is also seeking input from the Native American community on the
general management and operation of its economic development and access
to capital programs as part of the Administration's desire to make
these programs more effective and improve the delivery of them to the
small business community. Accordingly, SBA is interested in receiving
comments from representatives of tribes, ANCs and NHOs offering their
perspective on how these programs are working generally and providing
suggestions for how the programs could be made more efficient to better
suit the needs of small businesses owned by these entities.
Tribal Consultation Meeting
The format of this tribal consultation meeting will consist of a
panel of SBA representatives who will preside over the session. The
oral and written testimony as well as any comments SBA receives will
become part of the administrative record for SBA's consideration.
Written testimony may be submitted in lieu of oral testimony. SBA will
analyze the testimony, both oral and written, along with any written
comments received. SBA officials may ask questions of a presenter to
clarify or further explain the testimony. The purpose of the tribal
consultation is to assist SBA with gathering information to guide SBA's
review process and to potentially develop new proposals. SBA will
accept written material that the presenter wishes to provide that
further supplements his or her testimony. Electronic or digitized
copies are encouraged.
The tribal consultation meeting will be held for one day. The
meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. (EDT). SBA will
adjourn early if all those scheduled have delivered their testimony.
II. Registration
SBA respectfully requests that any elected or appointed
representative of the tribal communities or principal of a tribally
owned, ANC-owned or NHO-owned firm that is interested in attending
please pre-register in advance and indicate whether you would like to
testify at the hearing. Registration requests should be received by SBA
by October 22, 2025. Please contact Diane Cullo, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Native American Affairs in writing at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53173a323d367d10263f3f3c132031327d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ade9c4ccc3c883eed8c1c1c2eddecfcc83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>. If you are interested in testifying, please
include the following information relating to the person testifying:
Name, Organization affiliation, Address, Telephone number, Email
address and Fax number. SBA will attempt to accommodate all interested
parties that wish to present testimony. Based on the number of
registrants it may be necessary to impose time limits to ensure that
everyone who wishes to testify can do so. SBA will confirm in writing
the registration of presenters and attendees.
(Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634 and E.O. 13175, 65 FR 67249.)
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Dated: September 24, 2025.
Diane Cullo,
Assistant Administrator Office of Native American Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-18807 Filed 9-26-25; 8:45 am]
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