7 CFR § 761.201 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s761.201"
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title: "7 CFR § 761.201 - Purpose."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "761.201"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "761"
part_name: "FARM LOAN PROGRAMS; GENERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 U.S.C. 1989."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 63285, Nov. 8, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
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# 761.201 Purpose.

(a) This subpart addresses:

(1) The allocation of funds for direct and guaranteed FO, CL, and OL loans;

(2) The establishment of socially disadvantaged target participation rates; and

(3) The reservation of loan funds for beginning farmers.

(b) The Agency does not allocate EM loan funds to State Offices but makes funds available following a designated or declared disaster. EM loan funds are available on a first-come first-served basis.

(c) State funding information is available for review in any State Office.

[72 FR 63285, Nov. 8, 2007, as amended at 75 FR 54013, Sept. 3, 2010]