The following organizations are eligible to apply for qualification and to serve as savings bond issuing agents:
(a) Banks, credit unions, trust companies and savings institutions, if they are chartered by or incorporated under the laws of the United States, any State or Territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Agencies of the United States and State and local governments.
(c) Other organizations specifically and individually qualified by the Commissioner of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service whenever the Commissioner deems such a qualification to be in the public interest. In selecting an issuing agent, the Commissioner may use such process that the Commissioner deems to be appropriate. The selected issuing agent will be subject to such conditions that the Commissioner deems to be appropriate. [63 FR 64550, Nov. 20, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 2035, Jan. 13, 2000; 75 FR 52460, Aug. 26, 2010]