[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR1400.3]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
            CHAPTER XIV--MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
 
PART 1400_DETERMINATION OF GROUP ELIGIBILITY FOR MBDA ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1400.3  Request for determination.

    A group wishing to apply for designation as socially or economically 
disadvantaged under Executive Order 11625 shall submit a written 
application to the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, 
United States Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, 20230, containing 
the following information:
    (a) Statement of request: a brief statement clearly indicating that 
the applicant seeks formal recognition as socially or economically 
disadvantaged.
    (b) Description of applicants: a detailed sociological, ethnic and/
or racial description, as appropriate, of the group they represent which 
indicates that the group and the traits of its members are sufficiently 
distinctive to warrant a determination of social or economic 
disadvantage.
    (c) Summary of the applicant's submission: a brief summary of their 
Submission.

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    (d) Presentation of argument: a narrative description of the 
documentation in support of their claim of social or economic 
disadvantage.

(Applicants should support their claim of social or economic 
disadvantage with the criteria described under 1400.4 ``Evidence of 
Social or Economic Disadvantage'')
    (e) Conclusion: summary of applicant's arguments in support of the 
claims of social or economic disadvantage.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0640-0011)