# Implementation of the Boll Weevil Eradication Loan Program
> **Farm Service Agency** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 1997-05-16 · Effective 1997-05-16 · 62 FR 26918
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-12837
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Farm Service Agency
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 26918
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1941
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-16
- **Effective date:** 1997-05-16
## Abstract

This action is being taken to implement provisions of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Act). The Act directed the Secretary to implement a new loan program to facilitate efforts to eradicate, and protect eradication zones, of the boll weevil. The intended effect is to comply with the Act, assist in boll weevil eradication, and promote cooperation between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and State chartered organizations with regard to boll weevil eradication.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/16/97-12837/implementation-of-the-boll-weevil-eradication-loan-program)
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