Required certifications for Loans and Investments

For each of your Loans and Investments, you must have the documents listed in this section. You must keep these documents in your files and make them available to the Agency upon request.

(a) For each Financing made to a Rural Business Concern or Smaller Enterprise, a certification by the Portfolio Concern stating the basis for its qualification as a Rural Business Concern or Smaller Enterprise.

(b) A certification by the Portfolio Concern that it will not discriminate in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title V of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

(c) A certification by the Portfolio Concern of the intended use of the proceeds. For securities purchased from an underwriter in a public offering, you may substitute a prospectus indicating the intended use of proceeds.

[69 FR 32204, June 8, 2004, as amended at 76 FR 80223, Dec. 23, 2011; 85 FR 16523, Mar. 24, 2020]