40 USC § 15302 - Decisions

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title: "40 USC § 15302 - Decisions"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "15302"
section_name: "Decisions"
chapter_number: 153
chapter_name: "REGIONAL COMMISSIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1470, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2232; amended Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2242(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3202.)"
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# § 15302. Decisions

**(a)** **Requirements for Approval.—** Except as provided in section 15304(c)(3), decisions by the Commission shall require the affirmative vote of the Federal Cochairperson and a majority of the State members or alternate State members, including designees (exclusive of members representing States delinquent under section 15304(c)(3)(C)).

**(b)** **Consultation.—** In matters coming before the Commission, the Federal Cochairperson shall, to the extent practicable, consult with the Federal departments and agencies having an interest in the subject matter.

**(c)** **Quorums.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** Subject to paragraph (2), a Commission shall determine what constitutes a quorum for meetings of the Commission.

**(2)** **Requirements.—** Any quorum for meetings of a Commission shall include—

**(A)** the Federal Cochairperson or the alternate Federal Cochairperson; and

**(B)** a majority of State members or alternate State members, including designees (exclusive of members representing States delinquent under section 15304(c)(3)(C)).

**(d)** **Projects and Grant Proposals.—** The approval of project and grant proposals shall be a responsibility of each Commission and shall be carried out in accordance with section 15503.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1470, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2232; amended Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2242(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3202.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (a). , inserted “or alternate State members, including designees” after “State members”.

Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A Commission shall determine what constitutes a quorum for Commission meetings; except that—

“(1) any quorum shall include the Federal Cochairperson or the alternate Federal Cochairperson; and

“(2) a State alternate member shall not be counted toward the establishment of a quorum.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after , see , set out as a note under .