7 CFR §769.105
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- (a)Intermediary lender. Agency HFIL loan funds must be placed in the intermediary's HFIL revolving fund and used by the intermediary to provide direct loans to eligible ultimate recipients.
- (b)Ultimate recipient. Loans from the intermediary lender to the ultimate recipient using the HFIL revolving fund:
- (1)Must be used to acquire and consolidate at least 50 percent of the highly fractionated Indian land parcel and interests in the land. The interests include rights-of-way, water rights, easements, and other appurtenances that would normally pass with the land or are necessary for the proposed operation of the land located within the tribe's reservation;
- (2)Must finance land that will be used for agricultural purposes during the term of the loan;
- (3)May be used to pay costs incidental to land acquisition, including, but not limited to, title clearance, legal services, archeological or land surveys, and loan closing; and
- (4)May be used to pay for the costs of any appraisal conducted in accordance with this part.