---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 36.4700"
title: "38"
number: "36.4700"
heading: "Authority, purpose, and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/36.4700"
---

# §36.4700. Authority, purpose, and scope.

- (a) **Authority.** [Sections 36.4700 through 36.4709](/cfr/38/36.4700..36.4709.md) of this part are issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. [4012a](/usc/42/4012a.md), [4104a](/usc/42/4104a.md), [4104b](/usc/42/4104b.md), [4106](/usc/42/4106.md), and [4128](/usc/42/4128.md).
- (b) **Purpose.** The purpose of [sections 36.4700 through 36.4709](/cfr/38/36.4700..36.4709.md) of this part is to implement the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended ([42 U.S.C. 4001-4129](/usc/42/4001-4129.md)).
- (c) **Scope.** [Sections 36.4700 through 36.4709](/cfr/38/36.4700..36.4709.md) of this part, except for §§ [36.4705](/cfr/38/36.4705.md) and [36.4707](/cfr/38/36.4707.md), apply to loans secured by buildings or mobile homes located or to be located in areas determined by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to have special flood hazards. Sections [36.4705](/cfr/38/36.4705.md) and [36.4707](/cfr/38/36.4707.md) apply to loans secured by buildings or mobile homes, regardless of location.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 5532, Feb. 6, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 3720.

### Amendments

[62 FR 5532, Feb. 6, 1997]