28 CFR § 30.1 - What is the purpose of these regulations?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s30.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 30.1 - What is the purpose of these regulations?"
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "30.1"
section_name: "What is the purpose of these regulations?"
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "30"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Executive Order 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); Sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506); Sec. 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 as amended (42 U.S.C. 3334)."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 1018-83, 48 FR 29246, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "30"
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# 30.1 What is the purpose of these regulations?
(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 and direct federal development.
(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.