Reading Room Document
Constitutionality of Citizenship Requirement for Participation in Small Business Administration's 8(a) Program
The Small Business Administration's regulation imposing a citizenship requirement for participation in its 8(a) program for disadvantaged contractors is constitutional. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20081/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit