§ 1946.1 - General.

(a) This subpart provides procedures for administration of the agricultural loan mediation program whereby a State may be certified by the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 as a qualifying State for purposes of FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 and other USDA agencies’ participation in the program. Such certification is also necessary for a State to receive Federal matching grant funds to be used for the operation and administration of the State's agricultural loan mediation program.

(b) FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 will participate in mediations conducted pursuant to a State's agricultural loan mediation program under the same terms and conditions applicable to agricultural creditors generally, and will cooperate in good faith in such mediations by complying with requests for information and analysis, and in presenting and exploring debt restructuring proposals, wherever feasible, when that State is and remains a qualifying State as defined in § 1946.2(b) of this subpart.