# Rural Business Enterprise Grants and Television Demonstration Grants
> **Rural Utilities Service** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2001-05-16 · Effective 2001-05-16 · 66 FR 27013
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-12249
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Utilities Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 27013
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1942
- **Publication date:** 2001-05-16
- **Effective date:** 2001-05-16
## Abstract

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) is amending the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) Program regulation by revising the definition of small and emerging private business enterprise. The current definition burdens the grantee by placing too many eligibility restrictions on the businesses to be assisted by the grantee. This amendment will ensure the grantee can assist small businesses in rural areas without eligibility restrictions for the use of technological innovations or commercialization of new products or processes.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/05/16/01-12249/rural-business-enterprise-grants-and-television-demonstration-grants)
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