Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.769.102 Abbreviations and definitions

(a) Abbreviations. The following abbreviations are used in this part:

BIA—The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).

HFIL—Highly Fractionated Indian Land.

(b) Definitions. The following definitions are used in this part:

Administrator means the head of the Farm Service Agency or designee.

Highly Fractionated Indian Land (HFIL) means for the purpose of this part only, Highly Fractionated Indian Land is undivided interests held by four or more individuals as a result of ownership or original allotments passing by state laws of intestate succession for multiple generations.

Indian Country land, communities, and allotments means the following:

(1) All land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation,

(2) All dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a state, and

(3) All Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same;  or

(4) All land, communities, and allotments that meet the definition of 18 U.S.C. 1151.

Intermediary lender means the entity requesting or receiving HFIL loan funds for establishing a revolving fund and relending to ultimate recipients.

Intermediary relending agreement means the signed agreement between FSA and the intermediary that specifies the terms and conditions of the HFIL loan.

Native American tribe means the following:

(1) An Indian tribe recognized by the U.S. Department of the Interior;  or

(2) A community in Alaska incorporated by the U.S. Department of the Interior pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act.

Revolving funds means a fund that has two types of deposit accounts, one of which will be HFIL funds from FSA and the other will be comprised of repayments of loans from the ultimate recipients, interest earned on funds in the account and cash, or other short-term marketable assets that the intermediary lender chooses to deposit. Revolving funds are not considered Federal funds.

Tribal entity means an eligible entity established pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act.

Ultimate recipient means Native American tribe, tribal entity, or member of either that receives a loan from an intermediary lender's HFIL revolving fund.

Undivided interest means a common interest in the whole parcel of land that is owned by two or more people. Owners of undivided interest do not own a specific piece of a parcel of land;  rather they own a percentage interest in the whole.