---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 15302"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "15302"
heading: "Decisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/15302"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development"
  - "Chapter 153 — Regional Commissions"
---

# §15302. Decisions

- (a) **Requirements for Approval.—** Except as provided in [section 15304(c)(3)](/usc/40/15304.md?p=c-3), decisions by the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall require the affirmative vote of the Federal Cochairperson and a majority of the State members or alternate State members, including designees (exclusive of members representing States delinquent under [section 15304(c)(3)(C)](/usc/40/15304.md?p=c-3-C)).
- (b) **Consultation.—** In matters coming before the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1), the Federal Cochairperson shall, to the extent practicable, consult with the Federal departments and agencies having an interest in the subject matter.
- (c) **Quorums.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** Subject to [paragraph (2)](#c-2), a [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall determine what constitutes a quorum for meetings of the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1).
  - (2) **Requirements.—** Any quorum for meetings of a [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall include—
    - (A) the Federal Cochairperson or the alternate Federal Cochairperson; and
    - (B) a majority of State members or alternate State members, including designees (exclusive of members representing States delinquent under [section 15304(c)(3)(C)](/usc/40/15304.md?p=c-3-C)).
- (d) **Projects and Grant Proposals.—** The approval of project and grant proposals shall be a responsibility of each [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) and shall be carried out in accordance with section 15503.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1470, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2232; amended Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2242(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3202.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–272, § 2242(b)(1), inserted “or alternate State members, including designees” after “State members”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–272, § 2242(b)(2), added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A Commission shall determine what constitutes a quorum for Commission meetings; except that—

“(1) any quorum shall include the Federal Cochairperson or the alternate Federal Cochairperson; and

“(2) a State alternate member shall not be counted toward the establishment of a quorum.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after June 18, 2008, see section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 15101 of this title.