---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 16.1"
title: "7"
number: "16.1"
heading: "Purpose and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/16.1"
---

# §16.1. Purpose and applicability.

- (a) The purpose of this part is to set forth Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy regarding equal opportunity for faith-based organizations to participate in USDA assistance programs for which other private organizations are eligible.
- (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this part, the policy outlined in this part applies to all recipients and subrecipients of USDA domestic social service programs to which [2 CFR part 400](/cfr/2/part400.md) applies, and to recipients and subrecipients of Commodity Credit Corporation assistance that is administered by agencies of USDA for the purpose of domestic social service programs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 15707, Mar. 4, 2024, as amended at 91 FR 20577, Apr. 17, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; E.O. 13280, 67 FR 77145, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 262; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 273; E.O. 13831, 83 FR 20715, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 806; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 41382, July 9, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 15707, Mar. 4, 2024, as amended at 91 FR 20577, Apr. 17, 2026]