[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR247.13]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 247_COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  247.13  Provisions for non-English or limited-English speakers.

    (a) What must State and local agencies do to ensure that non-English 
or limited-English speaking persons are aware of their rights and 
responsibilities in the program? If a significant proportion of the 
population in an area is comprised of non-English or limited-English 
speaking persons with a common language, the State agency must ensure 
that local agencies inform such persons of their rights and 
responsibilities in the program, as listed under Sec.  247.12, in an 
appropriate language. State and local agencies must ensure that 
bilingual staff members or interpreters are available to serve these 
persons.
    (b) What must State and local agencies do to ensure that non-English 
or limited-English speaking persons are aware of other program 
information? If a significant proportion of the population in an area is 
comprised of non-English or limited-English speaking persons with a 
common language, the State agency

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must ensure that local agencies provide other program information, 
except application forms, to such persons in their appropriate language.