---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 129.300"
title: "13"
number: "129.300"
heading: "What definitions are important in this subpart?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/129.300"
---

# §129.300. What definitions are important in this subpart?


Covered period means:

- (1) In the case of a Puerto Rico business, the period beginning on August 13, 2018 and ending on the date which the Oversight Board established under [section 101](/cfr/13/101.md) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ([48 U.S.C. 2121](/usc/48/2121.md)) terminates. [15 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(F)(iii)](/usc/15/636.md?p=j-13-F-iii); or
- (2) In the case of a Covered territory business, the period beginning on January 1, 2021, the period ending on January 1, 2025. [15 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(f)(iii)](/usc/15/636.md?p=j-13-f-iii).

  Covered territory business means a small business concern that has its principal office located in one of the following:

- (1) The United States Virgin Islands;
- (2) American Samoa;
- (3) Guam; or
- (4) **The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.** Located in Puerto Rico means a concern with a physical location in Puerto Rico and organized under the laws of Puerto Rico.

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 69125, Nov. 2, 2020, as amended at 87 FR 50927, Aug. 19, 2022]

### Source

Source: 85 FR 69125, Nov. 2, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(F)(ii), (iii), 644(f).

### Source

Source: 84 FR 65665, Nov. 29, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 69125, Nov. 2, 2020, as amended at 87 FR 50927, Aug. 19, 2022]