---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1774.12"
title: "7"
number: "1774.12"
heading: "Eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1774.12"
---

# §1774.12. Eligibility.


The following eligibility requirements must be met:

- (a) The applicant must be:
  - (1) A public body, such as a municipality, county, district, authority, or other political subdivision or a State, territory or commonwealth, or
  - (2) An organization operated on a not-for-profit basis, such as an association, cooperative, or private corporation. The organization must be an association controlled by a local public body or bodies, or have a broadly based ownership by or membership of people of the local community, or
  - (3) **Indian Tribes on Federal and State reservations and other Federally recognized Indian Tribes.**
- (b) The area to be served must be financially distressed and rural as defined in [§ 1774.2](/cfr/7/1774.2.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(C).

### Source

Source: 75 FR 35963, June 24, 2010, unless otherwise noted.