---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 79.1"
title: "34"
number: "79.1"
heading: "What is the purpose of these regulations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/79.1"
---

# §79.1. What is the purpose of these regulations?

- (a) The regulations in this part implement Executive Order 12372, “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,” issued July 14, 1982 and amended on April 8, 1983.
- (b) These regulations are intended to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened Federalism by relying on State processes and on State, areawide, regional, and local coordination for review of proposed federal financial assistance.
- (c) These regulations are intended to aid the internal management of the Department, and are not intended to create any right or benefit enforceable at law by a party against the Department or its officers.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, as amended at 89 FR 70343, Aug. 29, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 6506; 42 U.S.C. 3334; and E.O. 12372, unless otherwise noted. Section 79.2 also issued under E.O. 12372.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 29166, June 24, 1983, as amended at 89 FR 70343, Aug. 29, 2024]