7 CFR § 1400.102 - States, political subdivisions, and agencies thereof.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1400.102"
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title: "7 CFR § 1400.102 - States, political subdivisions, and agencies thereof."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1400.102"
section_name: "States, political subdivisions, and agencies thereof."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS AND POLICIES"
part_number: "1400"
part_name: "PAYMENT LIMITATION AND PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1308, 1308-1, 1308-2, 1308-3, 1308-3a, 1308-4, and 1308-5; and Title I, Pub. L. 115-123."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1400.102 States, political subdivisions, and agencies thereof.

(a) A State, political subdivision, and agency thereof, is not eligible for payments or benefits under programs specified in § 1400.1, unless the exception provided in paragraph (b) of this section applies.

(b) Subject to the limitation in paragraph (c) of this section, a State, political subdivision, and any agency thereof, may receive payments or benefits under programs specified in § 1400.1(a)(1) if both of the following apply:

(1) The land for which payments are received is owned by the State, political subdivision, or agency thereof and

(2) The payments are used solely for the support of public schools;

(c) The total payments described in paragraph (b) of this section cannot exceed $500,000 annually except for States with a population less than 1,500,000, as established by the most recent U.S. Census Bureau annual estimate of the State's resident population.

[73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, as amended at 75 FR 899, Jan. 7, 2010; 85 FR 52038, Aug. 24, 2020]