---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 254.5"
title: "7"
number: "254.5"
heading: "Household eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/254.5"
---

# §254.5. Household eligibility.

- (a) **Certification procedures.** All applicant households shall be certified in accordance with the eligibility and certification provisions in §§ [253.6](/cfr/7/253.6.md) and [253.7](/cfr/7/253.7.md).
- (b) **Eligible households.** Only Indian tribal households, as defined in [§ 254.2](/cfr/7/254.2.md), may be eligible for the Food Distribution Program in FNS service areas.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 32756, Aug. 16, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 1098, Jan. 8, 1999; 89 FR 87258, Oct. 31, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 97-98, sec. 1338; Pub. L. 95-113.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 32756, Aug. 16, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 32756, Aug. 16, 1984, as amended at 64 FR 1098, Jan. 8, 1999; 89 FR 87258, Oct. 31, 2024]