---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 81.52"
title: "24"
number: "81.52"
heading: "Requirement for program requests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/81.52"
---

# §81.52. Requirement for program requests.

- (a) Before implementing a new program, a GSE shall submit a request for new program approval (“program request”) to the Secretary for the Secretary's review. Submission of a program request is not required where the program that the GSE proposes to implement is not significantly different from:
  - (1) A program that has already been approved in writing by the Secretary; or
  - (2) **A program that was engaged in by the GSE prior to October 28, 1992.**
- (b) If a GSE does not submit a program request for a program, the Secretary may request information about the program and require that the GSE submit a program request. The GSE shall comply with the request and may indicate in such response its views respecting whether the program is subject to the Secretary's review.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., 1716-1723h, and 4501-4641; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 3601-3619.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 61888, Dec. 1, 1995, unless otherwise noted.