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Code · CFR · Title 15 — Commerce and Foreign Trade · Part 1400 — Determination of Group Eligibility for MBDA Assistance · § 1400.3

§ 1400.3. Request for determination.

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A group wishing to apply for designation as socially or economically disadvantaged under this part 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.
(d)Presentation of argument: a narrative description of the documentation in support of their claim of social or economic disadvantage. Note 1 to paragraph (d): 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) \[49 FR 42698, Oct. 24, 1984, as amended at 89 FR 101467, Dec. 16, 2024\]
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