[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR247.3]

[Page 396-397]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 247--COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 247.3  Administration.

    (a) Delegation of Authority to FNS. Within the Department, FNS shall 
act on behalf of the Department in the administration of the Program. 
Within FNS, SFPD and the Regional Offices are responsible for Program 
administration. FNS will provide assistance to State and local agencies 
and evaluate all levels of Program operations to assure that the goals 
of the Program are achieved in the most effective and efficient manner 
possible.
    (b) Delegation of authority to State agency. The State agency is 
responsible for all operations under the Program within its jurisdiction 
and shall administer the Program in accordance with the requirements of 
this part, FMC 74-4, A-90, A-95, A-102, A-110, and 7 CFR

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part 250 subchapter B where applicable. The State agency shall provide 
guidance to local agencies on all aspects of Program operations. If 
distribution of supplemental foods or other Program operations at the 
State level are performed by an agency of the State other than the State 
agency, the State agency shall enter into a written agreement with the 
other agency. The agreement shall outline the responsibilities of each 
agency under the Program and shall be included in the State Plan. In 
addition, when a State agency enters into an agreement with a 
distributing agency, the distributing agency still must enter into a 
separate agreement with the Department as required by 7 CFR part 250 
subchapter B, Food Distribution.
    (c) Agreement and State plan. Each State agency desiring to 
administer the Program shall annually submit a State Plan and enter into 
a written agreement with the Department for the administration of the 
Program in the jurisdiction of the State agency in accordance with the 
provisions of this part.
    (d) Delegation of authority to local agency. The local agency shall 
provide Program benefits to participants in the most effective and 
efficient manner, and shall comply with this part and the State Plan.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0584-0063)

[46 FR 6341, Jan. 21, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 746, Jan. 7, 1982]