---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 14305"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "14305"
heading: "Liaison between Federal Government and Commission"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/14305"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Appalachian Regional Development"
  - "Chapter 143 — Appalachian Regional Commission"
  - "Subchapter I — Organization and Administration"
---

# §14305. Liaison between Federal Government and Commission

- (a) **President.—** The President shall provide effective and continuing liaison between the Federal Government and the Appalachian Regional [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) and a coordinated review within the Government of the plans and recommendations submitted by the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) pursuant to sections [14303](/usc/40/14303.md) and [14304](/usc/40/14304.md) of this title.
- (b) **Interagency Coordinating Council on Appalachia.—** In carrying out [subsection (a)](#a), the President shall establish the Interagency Coordinating Council on Appalachia, to be composed of the Federal Cochairman and representatives of [federal agencies](/usc/40/102.md?p=5) that carry out economic development programs in the [Appalachian region](/usc/40/14102.md?p=a-1). The Federal Cochairman is the Chairperson of the Council.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1259.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 14305(a) | 40 App.:104(a). | Pub. L. 89–4, title I, § 104(a), Mar. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 107–149, § 4(1), Mar. 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 67. |
| 14305(b) | 40 App.:104(b) | Pub. L. 89–4, title I, § 104(b), as added Pub. L. 107–149, § 4(2), Mar. 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 67. |