7 CFR § 1951.717 - Exception authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1951.717"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1951.717 - Exception authority."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1951.717"
section_name: "Exception authority."
chapter_name: "RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE, AND RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAM REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1951"
part_name: "SERVICING AND COLLECTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C 1932 note; 7 U.S.C. 1989; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 42 U.S.C. 1480."
cfr_part: "1951"
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# 1951.717 Exception authority.
The Administrator may, in individual cases, make an exception to any requirement or provision of this subpart, provided that any such exception is not inconsistent with any applicable law or opinion of the Comptroller General, and provided further, the Administrator determines that the application of the requirement or provision would adversely affect the Government's interest.