[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 15]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR3015.3]



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                          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.