7 CFR 250.5 - Civil rights.

Regulations last checked for updates: Jan 30, 2025

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Dec 30, 2025

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§ 250.5 - Civil rights.

Distributing agencies, subdistributing agencies and recipient agencies must comply with the Department's nondiscrimination regulations (7 CFR parts 15, 15a, and 15b) and the FNS civil rights instructions to ensure that in the operation of the program no person is discriminated against on protected bases as such bases apply to each program.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 612c,612c,1431,1431b,1431e,1431 note,1446a,1859,2014,2025; 15 U.S.C. 713c; 22 U.S.C. 1922; 42 U.S.C. 1751,1755,1758,1760,1761,1762a,1766,3030a,5179,5180

source: 53 FR 20426, June 3, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 7 CFR 250.5