---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1020.1"
title: "16"
number: "1020.1"
heading: "Why is the Commission issuing this rule?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1020.1"
---

# §1020.1. Why is the Commission issuing this rule?

- (a) To state the Commission's policies on small businesses;
- (b) To assure that the Commission continues to treat small businesses fairly;
- (c) To assure that small businesses do not bear a disproportionate share of any burden or cost created by a Commission regulatory, enforcement, or other action; and
- (d) To assure that small businesses are given every opportunity to participate fully in the Commission's regulatory process.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 601 note.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 52878, Oct. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted.