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[CITE: 42USC4272]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 53--ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
 
Sec. 4272. Declaration of purpose

    Because the complexity of modern life intensifies the need in a 
federal form of government for the fullest cooperation and coordination 
of activities between the levels of government, and because population 
growth and scientific developments portend an increasingly complex 
society in future years, it is essential that an appropriate agency be 
established to give continuing attention to intergovernmental problems.
    It is intended that the Commission, in the performance of its 
duties, will--
        (1) bring together representatives of the Federal, State, and 
    local governments for the consideration of common problems;
        (2) provide a forum for discussing the administration and 
    coordination of Federal grant and other programs requiring 
    intergovernmental cooperation;
        (3) give critical attention to the conditions and controls 
    involved in the administration of Federal grant programs;
        (4) make available technical assistance to the executive and 
    legislative branches of the Federal Government in the review of 
    proposed legislation to determine its overall effect on the Federal 
    system;
        (5) encourage discussion and study at an early stage of emerging 
    public problems that are likely to require intergovernmental 
    cooperation;
        (6) recommend, within the framework of the Constitution, the 
    most desirable allocation of governmental functions, 
    responsibilities, and revenues among the several levels of 
    government; and
        (7) recommend methods of coordinating and simplifying tax laws 
    and administrative practices to achieve a more orderly and less 
    competitive fiscal relationship between the levels of government and 
    to reduce the burden of compliance for taxpayers.

(Pub. L. 86-380, Sec. 2, Sept. 24, 1959, 73 Stat. 703.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 2372 of Title 5 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4275 of this title.
