[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR79.3]

[Page 185]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 79--INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  79.3  What programs and activities of the Department are subject to these regulations?

    (a) The Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a list of the 
Department's programs and activities that are subject to these 
regulations and identifies which of these are subject to the 
requirements of section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
Development Act.
    (b) If a program or activity of the Department that provides Federal 
financial assistance does not have implementing regulations, the 
regulations in this part apply to that program or activity.
    (c) The following programs and activities are excluded from coverage 
under this part:
    (1) Proposed legislation.
    (2) Regulation and budget formulation.
    (3) National security matters.
    (4) Procurement.
    (5) Direct payments to individuals.
    (6) Financial transfers for which the Department has no funding 
discretion or direct authority to approve specific sites or projects 
(e.g., block grants under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and 
Improvement Act of 1981).
    (7) Research and development national in scope.
    (8) Assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes.
    (d) In addition to the programs and activities excluded in paragraph 
(c) of this section, the Secretary may only exclude a Federal financial 
assistance program or activity from coverage under this part if the 
program or activity does not directly affect State or local governments.

(Authority: E.O. 12372)

[48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 20824, June 9, 1986]