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title: "42 U.S.C. § 9811"
description: "Limitation on assistance"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 9811 - Limitation on assistance

## Text

No financial assistance shall be provided under this part unless the Secretary determines that—

(1) any cooperative association receiving assistance has a minimum of fifteen active members, a majority of which are low-income rural persons;

(2) adequate technical assistance is made available and committed to the programs being supported;

(3) such financial assistance will materially further the purposes of this part; and

(4) the applicant is fulfilling or will fulfill a need for services, supplies, or facilities which is otherwise not being met.

(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 622, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 494.)