7 CFR § 771.4 - Eligibility requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s771.4"
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title: "7 CFR § 771.4 - Eligibility requirements."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "771.4"
section_name: "Eligibility requirements."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "771"
part_name: "BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION LOAN PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1989; and Pub. L. 104-180, 110 Stat. 1569."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 59771, Sept. 24, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
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# 771.4 Eligibility requirements.

(a) An eligible applicant must:

(1) Meet all requirements prescribed by APHIS to qualify for cost-share grant funds as determined by APHIS, (FSA will accept the determination by APHIS as to an organization's qualification);

(2) Have the appropriate charter and/or legal authority as a non-profit corporation or as a State organization specifically organized to operate the boll weevil eradication program in any State, biological, or geographic region of any State in which it operates;

(3) Possess the legal authority to enter into contracts, including debt instruments;

(4) Operate in an area in which producers have approved a referendum authorizing producer assessments and in which an active eradication or post-eradication program is underway or scheduled to begin no later than the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the application is submitted;

(5) Have the legal authority to pledge producer assessments as security for loans from FSA.

(b) Individual producers are not eligible for loans.