---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 761.205"
title: "7"
number: "761.205"
heading: "Computing the formula allocation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/761.205"
---

# §761.205. Computing the formula allocation.

- (a) **The formula allocation for FO, CL, or OL loan funds is equal to—**
  - (1) The amount available for allocation by the Agency minus the amounts held in the National Office reserve and distributed by base and administrative allocation, multiplied by
  - (2) The State Factor, which represents the percentage of the total amount of the funds for a loan program that the National Office allocates to a State Office.
- (b) **To calculate the State Factor, the Agency—**
  - (1) **Uses the following criteria, data sources, and weights—**
  - (2) Determines each State's percentage of the national total for each criterion;
  - (3) Multiplies the percentage for each State determined in [paragraph (b)(2)](#b-2) of this section by the applicable weight for that criterion;
  - (4) **Sums the weighted criteria for each State to obtain the State factor.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 63285, Nov. 8, 2007, as amended at 75 FR 54013, Sept. 3, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 U.S.C. 1989.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 63285, Nov. 8, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 63285, Nov. 8, 2007, as amended at 75 FR 54013, Sept. 3, 2010]