[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3015.3]

[Page 101]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                         CHAPTER XXX--OFFICE OF
                      THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3015_UNIFORM FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 3015.3  Conflicting policies and deviations.

    (a) Statutory provisions. Federal statutes that apply to some USDA 
grant programs may contain provisions that conflict with this part. 
Those statutory provisions take precedence over this part.
    (b) Nonstatutory provisions. USDA awarding agencies occasionally 
develop grant provisions that are inconsistent with this part. USDA 
attempts to keep these provisions to a minimum by internal procedures 
that require these provisions to be justified to appropriate officials 
of USDA and OMB. If the conflicting provisions are of long-term and 
general applicability, O&F may require that the awarding agency (1) 
publish the conflicting provision as a notice in the Federal Register 
and (2) give the public an opportunity to comment before making the 
regulations final.
    (c) Nonstatutory provisions-subgrants. If a provision of a subgrant 
conflicts with this part, the recipient is considered as violating the 
provisions of the grant, unless the subgrant provision is authorized in 
writing, by the awarding agency.
    (d) OMB exceptions. In some cases, OMB grants exceptions from the 
requirements of the Circulars, when permissible under existing laws. In 
those instances where a program receives an exception to a particular 
provision of a Circular, the exception takes precedence over this part.