---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 14322"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "14322"
heading: "Approval of development plans, strategy statements, and projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/14322"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Appalachian Regional Development"
  - "Chapter 143 — Appalachian Regional Commission"
  - "Subchapter II — Financial Assistance"
---

# §14322. Approval of development plans, strategy statements, and projects

- (a) **Annual Review and Approval Required.—** The Appalachian Regional [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) annually shall review and approve, in accordance with [section 14302 of this title](/usc/40/14302.md), state and regional development plans and strategy statements, and any multistate subregional plans which may be developed.
- (b) **Application Process.—** An application for a grant or for other assistance for a specific project under this subtitle shall be made through the state member of the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) representing the applicant. The state member shall evaluate the application for approval. To be approved, the state member must certify, and the Federal Cochairman must determine, that the application—
  - (1) implements the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1)-approved state development plan;
  - (2) is included in the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1)-approved strategy statement;
  - (3) adequately ensures that the project will be properly administered, operated, and maintained; and
  - (4) otherwise meets the requirements for assistance under this subtitle.
- (c) **Affirmative Vote Requirement Deemed Met.—** After the appropriate state development plan and strategy statement are approved, certification by a state member, when joined by an affirmative vote of the Federal Cochairman, is deemed to satisfy the requirements for affirmative votes for decisions under [section 14302(a) of this title](/usc/40/14302.md?p=a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1264.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 14322(a) | 40 App.:303 (1st sentence). | Pub. L. 89–4, title III, § 303, Mar. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 20; Pub. L. 90–103, title I, § 121, Oct. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 265; Pub. L. 94–188, title I, § 120, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1086; Pub. L. 107–149, § 13(i), Mar. 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 72. |
| 14322(b) | 40 App.:303 (2d, 3d sentences). |  |
| 14322(c) | 40 App.:303 (last sentence). |  |