Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§6904 Qualified organizations

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 95— - MICROENTERPRISE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM › § 6904

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To get assistance under this law, an organization must be one of a few specific kinds. It can be a nonprofit microenterprise group or program (or a group of such programs) with a proven record of helping disadvantaged entrepreneurs. It can be an intermediary. It can be a local microenterprise program that is accountable to its community and works with a state or local government or an Indian tribe. Or it can be an Indian tribe acting on its own, if the tribe can certify that no private organization like those above exists in its area.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §6904

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For purposes of eligibility for assistance under this chapter, a qualified organization shall be—

(1)a nonprofit microenterprise development organization or program (or a group or collaborative thereof) that has a demonstrated record of delivering microenterprise services to disadvantaged entrepreneurs;

(2)an intermediary;

(3)a microenterprise development organization or program that is accountable to a local community, working in conjunction with a State or local government or Indian tribe; or

(4)an Indian tribe acting on its own, if the Indian tribe can certify that no private organization or program referred to in this paragraph exists within its jurisdiction.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 6904

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73