[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR1.2]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 1--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--EFFECTUATION OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 
1964--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part 1--
    (a) The term Department means the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
    (b) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
    (c) The term responsible Department official means the Secretary or, 
to the extent of any delegation of authority by the Secretary to act 
under this part 1, any other Department official to whom the Secretary 
may hereafter delegate such authority.
    (d) The term United States means the States of the United States, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, the Canal Zone, and the territories and 
possessions of the United States, and the term State means any one of 
the foregoing.
    (e) The term Federal financial assistance includes: (1) Grants, 
loans, and advances of Federal funds, (2) the grant or donation of 
Federal property and interests in property, (3) the detail of Federal 
personnel, (4) the sale and lease of, and the permission to use (on 
other than a casual or transient basis), Federal property or any 
interest in such property without consideration or at a nominal 
consideration, or at a consideration which is reduced for the purpose of 
assisting the recipient, or in recognition of the public interest to be 
served by such sale or lease to the recipient, and (5) any Federal 
agreement, arrangement, or other contract which has as one of its 
purposes the provision of assistance. The term Federal financial 
assistance does not include a contract of insurance or guaranty.
    (f) The term recipient means any State, political subdivision of any 
State, or instrumentality of any State or political subdivision, any 
public or private agency, institution, organization, or other entity, or 
any individual, in any State, to whom Federal financial assistance is 
extended, directly or through another recipient, for any program or 
activity, or who otherwise participates in carrying out such program or 
activity (such as a redeveloper in the Urban Renewal Program), including 
any successor, assign, or transferee thereof, but such term does not 
include

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any ultimate beneficiary under any such program or activity.
    (g) The term applicant means one who submits an application, 
contract, request, or plan requiring Department approval as a condition 
to eligibility for Federal financial assistance, and the term 
application means such an application, contract, request, or plan.