[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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)