13 CFR § 312.6 - Eligible recipients.

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title: "13 CFR § 312.6 - Eligible recipients."
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "312.6"
section_name: "Eligible recipients."
chapter_name: "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
part_number: "312"
part_name: "REGIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 3701  Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-4."
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# 312.6 Eligible recipients.

A recipient eligible for investment assistance includes:

(a) A State;

(b) An Indian tribe;

(c) A city or other political subdivision of a State;

(d) An entity that is a nonprofit organization and whose application for funding under the RIS Program is supported by a State or a political subdivision of a State;

(e) An entity that is an institution of higher education, a public-private partnership, a science or research park, a Federal laboratory, or an economic development organization or similar entity, and whose application for funding under the RIS Program is supported by a State or a political subdivision of a State; or

(f) A consortium of any of the entities described in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section.