7 CFR § 772.2 - Abbreviations and Definitions.

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title: "7 CFR § 772.2 - Abbreviations and Definitions."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "772.2"
section_name: "Abbreviations and Definitions."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "772"
part_name: "SERVICING MINOR PROGRAM LOANS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 7 U.S.C. 1989, and 25 U.S.C. 490."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 69949, Dec. 16, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 772.2 Abbreviations and Definitions.

(a) *Abbreviations.*

*AMP* Association-Type Minor Program loan;

*CFR* Code of Federal Regulations;

*FO* Farm Ownership Loan;

*FSA* Farm Service Agency;

*IMP* Individual-Type Minor Program loan;

*OL* Operating Loan;

*USDA* United States Department of Agriculture.

(b) *Definitions.*

*Association-Type Minor Program loans (AMP):* Loans to Grazing Associations and Irrigation and Drainage Associations.

*Entity:* Cooperative, corporation, partnership, joint operation, trust, or limited liability company.

*Graduation:* The requirement contained in loan documents that borrowers pay their FSA loan in full with funds received from a commercial lending source as a result of improvement in their financial condition.

*Individual-type Minor Program loans (IMP):* Non-Farm Enterprise or Recreation loans to individuals.

*Member:* Any individual who has an ownership interest in the entity which has received the Minor Program loan.

*Minor Program:* Non-Farm Enterprise, Individual Recreation, Grazing Association, or Irrigation and Drainage loan programs administered or to be administered by FSA

*Review official:* An agency employee, contractor or designee who is authorized to conduct a compliance review of a Minor Program borrower under this part.