{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-3419.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 3419.3","heading":"Limited waiver authority.","body":"(a) 1890 land-grant institutions: The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement in § 3419.2 above the 50% level for any fiscal year for an eligible institution of a State if the Secretary determines that the State will be unlikely to satisfy the matching requirement.\n(b) 1862 land-grant institutions in insular areas: The Secretary may waive up to 100% of the matching funds requirements in § 3419.2 for any fiscal year for an eligible institution in an insular area.\n(c) The criteria to waive the applicable matching requirement for 1890 land-grant institutions and 1862 land-grant institutions in insular areas is demonstration of one or more of the following:\n(1) Impacts from natural disaster, flood, fire, tornado, hurricane, or drought;\n(2) State and/or institution facing a financial crisis; or\n(3) Lack of matching funds after demonstration of good faith efforts to obtain funds.\n(d) Approval or disapproval of the request for a waiver will be based on the application submitted, as defined under § 3419.4.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XXXIV—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE","PART 3419—MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CAPACITY FUNDS AT 1890 LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY, TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, AND WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AT 1862 LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS IN INSULAR AREAS"],"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":"685e5272671203b2a8e98693c04d7423e2a5b28a3a35773aff8c79e598de54ad","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-3419.2","next":"us/7-cfr-3419.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}