---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 685.404"
title: "34"
number: "685.404"
heading: "Group process based on prior Secretarial final actions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/685.404"
---

# §685.404. Group process based on prior Secretarial final actions.

- (a) For purposes of forming a Secretary-initiated group process in accordance with [§ 685.402(b)](/cfr/34/685.402.md?p=b), the Department official may consider final actions as described in [§ 685.401(b)(5)(ii)](/cfr/34/685.401.md?p=b-5-ii).
- (b) For groups based on prior Secretarial final actions in accordance with this section, [§ 685.405](/cfr/34/685.405.md) will not apply to the affected institutions.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 87 FR 66068, Nov. 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087a—1087j. Subpart A also issued under U.S.C. 1087e(a). Subpart B also issued under U.S.C 1078, 1078-3, 1087(e), 1087e(a)(2), 1087e(a), 1087e(a)(3), 1087e(b), 1087e(d), 1087e(d)(1), 1087e(f), 1087e(g), 1087(m)(1)(A), 1091(a), 1092(d)(1), 1098e(a)(2), 1098e(a)(3), 1098h(a)(2). Subpart C also issued under U.S.C 1087a.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 61690, Dec. 1, 1994, unless otherwise noted.