{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1900.53","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1900.53","heading":"Applicability.","body":"(a) Appeals of adverse decisions covered by this subpart will be governed by 7 CFR part 11.\n(b) The provisions of this subpart apply to adverse decisions concerning direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants under the following programs: RUS Water and Waste Disposal Facility Loans and Grants Program; RHS Housing and Community Facilities Loan Programs; RBS Loan, Grant, and Guarantee Programs and the Intermediary Relending Program; and determinations of the Rural Housing Trust 1987-1 Master Servicer.\n(c) This subpart does not apply to decisions made by parties outside an agency even when those decisions are used as a basis for decisions falling within paragraph (b) of this section, for example: decisions by state governmental construction standards-setting agencies (which may determine whether RHS will finance certain houses); Davis-Bacon wage rates; flood plain determinations; archaeological and historical areas preservation requirements; and designations of areas inhabited by endangered species.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVIII—RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE, AND RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER H—PROGRAM REGULATIONS","PART 1900—GENERAL","Subpart B—Adverse Decisions and Administrative Appeals"],"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":"8eab3f037575bb8170405fc40dbfa7e2bda3c78ebad2a0b2b556df371a297736","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1900.52","next":"us/7-cfr-1900.54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}