2 CFR § 600.407 - Prior written approval (prior approval).

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t2/s600.407"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "2 CFR § 600.407 - Prior written approval (prior approval)."
title_number: 2
title_name: "Federal Financial Assistance"
section_number: "600.407"
section_name: "Prior written approval (prior approval)."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
part_number: "600"
part_name: "THE UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C 2651a, 22 U.S.C. 2151, 22 U.S.C. 2451, 22 U.S.C. 1461, 2 CFR part 200."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 76019, Dec. 19, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "600"
---


# 600.407 Prior written approval (prior approval).

The non-Federal entity must seek the prior written approval for indirect or special or unusual costs prior to incurring such costs where DOS is the cognizant agency.