---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1948.59"
title: "7"
number: "1948.59"
heading: "Ineligible activities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1948.59"
---

# §1948.59. Ineligible activities.

- (a) Growth management and housing planning grant funds may not be used for:
  - (1) Acquisition, construction, repair, or rehabilitation of existing housing and public facilities;
  - (2) Replacement of, or substitution for, any financial support previously provided or assured from any other source which would result in a reduction of current efforts on the part of the applicant;
  - (3) Duplication of current services;
  - (4) Routine administrative activities not allowed under Federal Management Circular FMC 74-4, “Cost Principles Applicable to Grants and Contracts with State and Local Governments;”
  - (5) Planning for areas other than approved designated areas;
  - (6) Planning other than growth management and housing planning; or
  - (7) **Political activities.**
- (b) Grant funds for site development may not be used for:
  - (1) Construction, repair, or rehabilitation of housing and public facilities;
  - (2) Replacement of, or substitution for, any financial support previously provided or assured from any other source which would result in a reduction of effort on the part of the applicant;
  - (3) Administrative expenses not allowed under FMC 74-4;
  - (4) Purposes for which funding exists under other State or Federal programs that may reasonably be obtained on a timely basis by the applicants;
  - (5) Duplication of current services; or
  - (6) **Political activities.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 601, Pub. L. 95-620, delegation of authority by the Sec. of Agri., 7 CFR 2.23; delegation of authority by the Asst. Sec. for Rural Development, 7 CFR 2.70.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 35984, June 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 7 U.S.C. 1932 note.