[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR254.3]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 254_ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR INDIAN 

HOUSEHOLDS IN OKLAHOMA--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 254.3  Administration by an ITO.



    (a) Applicability of part 253. All of the provisions of part 253 are 

herein incorporated and apply to part 254, except as specifically 

modified by part 254.

    (b) Section 253.4 Administration, does not apply and is replaced by 

Sec. 254.3.

    (c) Federal administration. Within the Department of Agriculture, 

the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), shall be responsible for the Food 

Distribution Program. FNS shall have the power to determine the amount 

of any claim and to settle and adjust any claim against an ITO.

    (d) ITO administration. The ITO, acting as State agency, shall be 

responsible for the Food Distribution Program within the approved FNS 

service areas if FNS determines the ITO capable of effective and 

efficient administration.

    (e) Qualification as an ITO. The ITO of a tribe in Oklahoma must 

document to the satisfaction of FNS that the ITO meets the definition of 

an ITO in Sec. 254.2, is organized under the provisions of the Oklahoma 

Indian Welfare Act of 1936 or has a tribal organization established and 

approved under BIA regulations.



(The information collection requirements contained in paragraph (e) were 

approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

0584-0316)