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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 4280Loans and Grants4280.1 – 4280.500
Subpart ERural Business Development Grants4280.401 – 4280.500
General4280.401 – 4280.414
§ 4280.401Purpose.
§ 4280.402 [Reserved]
§ 4280.403Definitions.
§ 4280.404Exception authority.
§ 4280.405Review or appeal rights.
§ 4280.406Conflict of interest.
§ 4280.407Statute and regulation references.
§ 4280.408U.S. Department of Agriculture departmental regulations and laws that contain other compliance requirements.
§ 4280.409 [Reserved]
§ 4280.410Other laws and regulations that contain compliance requirements for this program.
§ 4280.411Forms, guides, and attachments.
§§ 4280.412-4280.414 [Reserved]
Rural Business Development Grants4280.415
§ 4280.415Rural Business Development Grants.
Eligibility4280.416 – 4280.420
§ 4280.416Applicant eligibility.
§ 4280.417Project eligibility.
§§ 4280.418-4280.420 [Reserved]
Funding Provisions4280.421 – 4280.426
§ 4280.421Term requirement.
§ 4280.422Joint funding.
§ 4280.423Ineligible uses of grant funds.
§§ 4280.424-4280.426 [Reserved]
Applying for a Grant4280.427 – 4280.433
§ 4280.427Application.
§ 4280.428Strategic economic and community development.
§ 4280.429 [Reserved]
§ 4280.430Notification of decision.
§§ 4280.431-4280.433 [Reserved]
Processing and Scoring Applications4280.434 – 4280.438
§ 4280.434General processing and scoring provisions.
§ 4280.435Scoring criteria.
§§ 4280.436-4280.438 [Reserved]
Grant Awards and Agreement4280.439 – 4280.442
§ 4280.439Grant awards and agreements.
§§ 4280.440-4280.442 [Reserved]
Post Award Activities and Requirements4280.443 – 4280.500
§ 4280.443Grant monitoring and servicing.
§§ 4280.444-4280.447 [Reserved]
§ 4280.448Transfers and assumptions.
§§ 4280.449-4280.499 [Reserved]
§ 4280.500OMB control number.