[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR40.1]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 40--INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 40.1  Purpose.

    (a) The regulations in this part implement Executive Order 12372, 
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs'', issued on July 14, 
1982 and amended on April 8, 1983. These regulations also implement 
applicable provisions of section 401 of the Intergovernmental 
Cooperation Act of 1968 and section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and 
Metropolitan Development Act of 1966.
    (b) These regulations are intended to foster an intergovernmental 
partnership and a strengthened Federalism by

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relying on State processes and on State, areawide, regional, and local 
coordination for review of proposed Federal financial assistance and 
direct Federal development.
    (c) These regulations are intended to improve the internal 
management of the VA, and are not intended to create any right or 
benefit enforceable at law by a party against the VA or its officers.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231(b))