{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-771.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 771.4","heading":"Eligibility requirements.","body":"(a) An eligible applicant must:\n(1) Meet all requirements prescribed by APHIS to qualify for cost-share grant funds as determined by APHIS, (FSA will accept the determination by APHIS as to an organization's qualification);\n(2) Have the appropriate charter and/or legal authority as a non-profit corporation or as a State organization specifically organized to operate the boll weevil eradication program in any State, biological, or geographic region of any State in which it operates;\n(3) Possess the legal authority to enter into contracts, including debt instruments;\n(4) Operate in an area in which producers have approved a referendum authorizing producer assessments and in which an active eradication or post-eradication program is underway or scheduled to begin no later than the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the application is submitted;\n(5) Have the legal authority to pledge producer assessments as security for loans from FSA.\n(b) Individual producers are not eligible for loans.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER VII—FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER D—SPECIAL PROGRAMS","PART 771—BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION LOAN PROGRAM"],"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":"05d9d9af1b09b5058b56fdbb6c5e81fd4c4e4de6f6a2960a3f504aacf92274cc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-771.3","next":"us/7-cfr-771.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}