Eligibility

Programs eligible to be considered for smart utility and broadband service authority include RD programs under the Rural Electrification Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Programs included, but not limited to, are as follows:

(a) 7 CFR part 1710—General and Pre-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Electric Loans and Guarantees;

(b) 7 CFR part 1779—Water and Waste Disposal Programs Guaranteed Loans;

(c) 7 CFR part 1780—Water and Waste Loans and Grants;

(d) 7 CFR part 1783—Revolving Funds for Financing Water and Wastewater Projects (Revolving Fund Program);

(e) 7 CFR part 1942, subpart A—Community Facility Loans;

(f) 7 CFR part 3575, subpart A—Community Programs Guaranteed Loans;

(g) 7 CFR part 3560—Direct Multi-Family Housing Loans and Grants;

(h) 7 CFR part 3565—Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program;

(i) 7 CFR part 3570, subpart B—Community Facilities Grant Program;

(j) 7 CFR part 4274, subpart D—Intermediary Relending Program (IRP);

(k) 7 CFR part 4279, subpart B—Business and Industry Loans;

(l) 7 CFR part 4279, subpart C—Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loans;

(m) 7 CFR, part 4280, subpart A—Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Programs;

(n) 7 CFR part 4280, subpart B—Rural Energy for American Program; and

(o) 7 CFR part 4280, subpart E—Rural Business Development Grants.