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Title 7AgriculturePart / Section
Subtitle BRegulations of the Department of Agriculture27 – 5099
Chapter XLIIRural Business-Cooperative Service, Department of Agriculture4200 – 4299
Part 4279Guaranteed Loanmaking4279.1 – 4279.300
Subpart BBusiness and Industry Loans4279.101 – 4279.200
§ 4279.101Introduction.
§ 4279.102Definitions and abbreviations.
§ 4279.103Exception authority.
§ 4279.104Appeals.
§§ 4279.105-4279.107 [Reserved]
§ 4279.108Eligible borrowers.
§§ 4279.109-4279.112 [Reserved]
§ 4279.113Eligible uses of funds.
§ 4279.114 [Reserved]
§ 4279.115Cooperative stock/cooperative equity.
§ 4279.116New Markets Tax Credit program.
§ 4279.117Ineligible purposes and entity types.
§ 4279.118 [Reserved]
§ 4279.119Loan guarantee limits.
§ 4279.120Fees and charges.
§§ 4279.121-4279.124 [Reserved]
§ 4279.125Interest rates.
§ 4279.126Loan terms.
§§ 4279.127-4279.130 [Reserved]
§ 4279.131Credit quality.
§ 4279.132Personal and corporate guarantees.
§§ 4279.133-4279.135 [Reserved]
§ 4279.136Insurance.
§ 4279.137Financial statements.
§§ 4279.138-4279.143 [Reserved]
§ 4279.144Appraisals.
§§ 4279.145-4279.149 [Reserved]
§ 4279.150Feasibility studies.
§§ 4279.151-4279.160 [Reserved]
§ 4279.161Filing preapplications and applications.
§ 4279.162Strategic economic and community development.
§§ 4279.163-4279.164 [Reserved]
§ 4279.165Evaluation of application.
§ 4279.166Loan priority scoring.
§ 4279.167Planning and performing development.
§ 4279.168Timeframe for processing applications.
§§ 4279.169-4279.172 [Reserved]
§ 4279.173Loan approval and obligating funds.
§ 4279.174Transfer of lenders.
§§ 4279.175-4279.179 [Reserved]
§ 4279.180Changes in borrower.
§ 4279.181Conditions precedent to issuance of the Loan Note Guarantee.
§§ 4279.182-4279.186 [Reserved]
§ 4279.187Refusal to execute Loan Note Guarantee.
§§ 4279.188-4279.189 [Reserved]
§ 4279.190Business and Industry national COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Loans.
§§ 4279.191-4279.199 [Reserved]
§ 4279.200OMB control number.