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Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Title on grants and agreements

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ16917224 ↗
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Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR), titled Grants and Agreements, is a United States federal-government regulation.

As of the January 1, 2022 revision, Title 2 comprises two subtitles: Subtitle A, Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Grants and Agreements, and Subtitle B, Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements.

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This entry incorporates text from “Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.