[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: 38CFR40.2]

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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. 40.2  Definitions.

    For the purposes of Secs. 40.1 through 40.13, the following 
definitions apply:
    (a) VA means the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Order means Executive Order 12372, issued July 14, 1982, and 
amended April 8, 1983, and titled ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs.''
    (c) Secretary means the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs or an official or employee of VA acting 
for the Secretary under delegation of authority.
    (d) State means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands.
    (e) Emergency means a sudden, urgent, unforeseen situation in which 
immediate action is needed to prevent or respond to significant harm to 
life or property. Harm to property would include damage to the 
environment.
    (f) Unusual circumstances means the end of a fiscal year, a 
statutory deadline or any other circumstance making it impracticable for 
the agency to provide 60 days for comment.
    (g) Affected means for purposes of interstate situations those 
States physically affected by the specific plans and projects.

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