[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 34, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 34CFR79.1] [Page 195-196] TITLE 34--EDUCATION PART 79_INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents Sec. 79.1 What is the purpose of these regulations? Sec. 79.1 What is the purpose of these regulations? [[Page 196]] 79.2 What definitions apply to these regulations? 79.3 What programs and activities of the Department are subject to these regulations? 79.4 What are the Secretary's general responsibilities under the Order? 79.5 What is the Secretary's obligation with respect to Federal interagency coordinations? 79.6 What procedures apply to the selection of programs and activities under these regulations? 79.7 How does the Secretary communicate with State and local officials concerning the Department's programs and activities? 79.8 How does the Secretary provide States an opportunity to comment on proposed Federal financial assistance? 79.9 How does the Secretary receive and respond to comments? 79.10 How does the Secretary make efforts to accommodate intergovernmental concerns? 79.11 What are the Secretary's obligations in interstate situations? 79.12 How may a State simplify, consolidate, or substitute federally required State plans? 79.13 [Reserved] Authority: 31 U.S.C. 6506; 42 U.S.C. 3334; and E.O. 12372, unless otherwise noted. Source: 48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted. (a) The regulations in this part implement Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,'' issued 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 relying on state processes and on state, areawide, regional, and local coordination for review of proposed federal financial assistance. (c) These regulations are intended to aid the internal management of the Department, and are not intended to create any right or benefit enforceable at law by a party against the Department or its officers. (Authority: E.O. 12372)