[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: 7CFR254.3]

[Page 576]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 254_ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR INDIAN HOUSEHOLDS 
 
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)