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EXECUTIVE ORDERS

and shall not represent a long-term commitment
of financial support.

Section 7. The Maryland Heritage Committee may make and
enter into contracts and agreements which are
necessary or desirable to carry out its
functions under this Executive Order and Joint
Resolutions 6 and 7 of the 1982 Session of the
General Assembly.

EXECUTIVE ORDER OF OCTOBER 24, 1983

01.01.1983.17

INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

WHEREAS, The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1982, as
amended, 31 U.S.C. § 6506, and the Demonstration Cities and
Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
§ 3334, provide that all viewpoints—including those of
state and local governments, as well as those of regional
organizations—shall, to the extent possible, be fully
considered and taken into account before federal agencies
undertake financial assistance or direct development; and

WHEREAS, These Acts also provide that, to the extent possible,
all federal assistance for development should be consistent
with and further the objectives of state, regional, and
local comprehensive plans, and all federally-required plans
shall be coordinated with and made part of these
comprehensive plans; and

WHEREAS, The President of the United States has, by Executive
Order 12372, as amended by Executive Order 12416, directed
federal agencies to provide opportunities for consultation
with state and local governments when these governments are
directly affected by proposed federal financial assistance
or direct federal development; and

WHEREAS, In order to foster an intergovernmental partnership and
a strengthened federalism, the President has specifically
ordered federal agencies to:

(a)   Use designated state processes to determine official
views of state and local elected officials,

(b)   Communicate with state and local elected officials as
early in the planning cycle as is reasonably feasible,