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38 CFR § 40.7 - Communicating with State and local officials concerning VA's programs and activities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t38/s40.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "38 CFR § 40.7 - Communicating with State and local officials concerning VA's programs and activities."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "40.7"
section_name: "Communicating with State and local officials concerning VA's programs and activities."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "40"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887): section 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: "48 FR 29413, June 24, 1983; 48 FR 31854, July 12, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "40"
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# 40.7 Communicating with State and local officials concerning VA's programs and activities.

The Secretary provides notice to directly affected State, areawide, regional, and local entities in a State of proposed Federal financial assistance or direct Federal development if:

(a) The State has not adopted a process under the order; or

(b) The assistance or development involves a program or activity not selected for the State process.

This notice may be made by publication in the *Federal Register* or other appropriate means, which VA in its discretion deems appropriate.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231(b))