{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1744.64","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1744.64","heading":"Budget adjustment.","body":"(a) If more funds are required than are available in a budget account, the borrower may request RUS's approval of a budget adjustment to use funds from another account. The request shall include an explanation of the change, the budget account to be used, and a description of how the adjustment will affect loan purposes. RUS will not approve a budget adjustment that affects other loan purposes unless the borrower satisfies RUS that the additional funds are available from another source, requests a deficiency loan, or scales back the project.\n(b) RUS may make a budget adjustment without a formal request by the borrower when a budget account is insufficient to encumber funds for a contract that otherwise would be approved by RUS. See 7 CFR part 1753.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVII—RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1744—POST-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMMON TO GUARANTEED AND INSURED TELEPHONE LOANS","Subpart C—Advance and Disbursement of Funds"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"073d36d3e305cfb1c9f6a2f8f6b4de610e8546ecafa02f3d4d33487779136be4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1744.63","next":"us/7-cfr-1744.65"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}