---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 791.406"
title: "24"
number: "791.406"
heading: "Competition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/791.406"
---

# §791.406. Competition.

- (a) All budget authority allocated pursuant to [§ 791.403(b)(2)](/cfr/24/791.403.md?p=b-2) shall be reserved and obligated pursuant to a competition. Any such competition shall be conducted pursuant to specific criteria for the selection of recipients of assistance. These criteria shall be contained in a regulation promulgated after notice and public comment or, to the extent authorized by law, a notice published in the Federal Register.
- (b) This section shall not apply to assistance referred to in §§ [791.403(b)(1)](/cfr/24/791.403.md?p=b-1) and [791.407](/cfr/24/791.407.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1439 and 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 10849, Mar. 15, 1996, unless otherwise noted.