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 PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 (3) without further obligation to the United States Government; and (4) under conditions the head of the agency considers appropriate. § 6307. Interpretative guidelines and exemptions The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may— (1) issue supplementary interpretative guidelines to promote consistent and efficient use of procurement contracts, grant agreements, and cooperative agreements; and (2) exempt a transaction or program of an executive agency from this chapter. § 6308. Use of multiple relationships for different parts of jointly Hnanced projects This chapter does not require an executive agency to establish only one relationship between the United States Government and a State, a local government, or other recipient on a jointly financed project involving amounts from more than one program or appropriation when different relationships would otherwise be appropriate for different parts of the project. CHAPTER 65—INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION Sec. 6501. 6502. 6503. 6504. 6505. 6506. 6507 6508.

Definitions. Information on grants received. Transfer and deposit requirements. Use of existing State or multimember agency to administer grant programs. Authority to provide specialized or technical services. Development assistance. Congressional review of grant programs. Studies and reports.

§ 6501. Definitions In this chapter— (1) "assistance" means the transfer of anj^hing of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation that is— (A) authorized by a law of the United States; (B) provided by the law of the United States Government through grant or contractual arrangements (including technical assistance programs providing assistance by loan, loan guarantee, or insurance); and (C) not an annual payment by the United States Government to the District of Columbia government under section 502 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 93-198, 87 Stat. 813, D.C. Code, § 47-3406). (2) "comprehensive planning" includes, to the extent directly related to area needs or needs of a unit of general local government— (A) preparation, as a guide for governmental policies and action, of general plans on— (i) the pattern and intensity of land use; (ii) providing public facilities (including transportation facilities) and other governmental services; and (iii) the effective development and use of human and natural resources;

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