---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 25.201"
title: "7"
number: "25.201"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/25.201"
---

# §25.201. Application.


No rural area may be considered for designation pursuant to this part unless the application:

- (a) Demonstrates that the nominated rural area satisfies the eligibility criteria contained in [§ 25.100](/cfr/7/25.100.md);
- (b) Includes a strategic plan, which meets the requirements contained in [§ 25.202](/cfr/7/25.202.md);
- (c) Includes the written commitment of the applicant, as applicable, that EZ/EC SSBG funds will be used to supplement, not replace, other Federal and non-Federal funds available for financing services or activities that promote the purposes of section 2007 of the Social Security Act; and
- (d) Includes such other information as may be required by USDA.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 26 U.S.C. 1391; Pub. L. 103-66, 107 Stat. 543; Pub L. 105-34, 111 Stat. 885; Sec. 766, Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-37; Pub. L. 106-554 [Title I of H.R. 5562], 114 Stat. 2763.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 19114, Apr. 16, 1998, unless otherwise noted.