{"data":{"id":"us/13-cfr-307.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"13 CFR 307.3","heading":"Use of Economic Adjustment Assistance Investments.","body":"Economic Adjustment Assistance Investments may be used to develop a CEDS to alleviate long-term economic deterioration or a sudden and severe economic dislocation (a “Strategy Grant”), or to fund a Project implementing such a CEDS (an “Implementation Grant”).\n(a) Strategy Grants support developing, updating or refining a CEDS.\n(b) Implementation Grants support the execution of activities identified in a CEDS. Specific activities may be funded as separate Investments or as multiple elements of a single Investment. Examples of Implementation Grant activities include:\n(1) Infrastructure (as defined in § 301.11 of this chapter) improvements, such as site acquisition, site preparation, construction, rehabilitation and equipping of facilities;\n(2) Provision of business or infrastructure financing through the capitalization of Recipient-administered Revolving Loan Funds (“RLFs”), which may include loans and interest rate buy-downs to facilitate business lending activities;\n(3) Market or industry research and analysis;\n(4) Technical assistance, including organizational development such as business networking, restructuring or improving the delivery of business services, or feasibility studies;\n(5) Public services;\n(6) Training; and\n(7) Other activities justified by the CEDS that satisfy applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.","path":["Title 13—Business Credit and Assistance","CHAPTER III—ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 307—ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE INVESTMENTS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-13.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:18Z","sha256":"8e53e9995c240bef753b7e483ac3f3d59f0483291a2ebbb56272321aeef5de35","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/13-cfr-307.2","next":"us/13-cfr-307.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}