[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR1200.3]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL 
          HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 1200--UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR STATE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 1200.3  Definitions.

    As used in this subchapter--
    Approving Official means a Regional Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with the concurrence of a 
Division Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration as 
necessary.
    Carry-forward funds means those funds that a State has obligated but 
not expended in the fiscal year in which they were apportioned, that are 
being reprogrammed to fund activities in a subsequent fiscal year.
    Contract authority means the statutory language that authorizes the 
agencies to incur an obligation without the need for a prior 
appropriation or further action from Congress and which, when exercised, 
creates a binding obligation on the United States for which Congress 
must make subsequent liquidating appropriations.
    Equipment means any tangible personal property acquired for use 
under the State's approved highway safety program.
    FHWA means the Federal Highway Administration.
    Fiscal year means the Federal fiscal year, consisting of twelve 
months beginning each October 1 and ending the following September 30.
    Governor means the Governor of any of the fifty States, Puerto Rico, 
the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or, for 
the application of this part to Indians as provided in 23 U.S.C. 402(i), 
the Secretary of the Interior.
    Governor's Representative for Highway Safety means the official 
appointed by the Governor to implement the State's highway safety 
program or, for the application of this part to Indians as provided in 
23 U.S.C. 402(i), an official of the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is

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duly designated by the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Indian 
highway safety program.
    NHTSA means the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
    Program area means a National Priority Program Area identified in 
Sec. 1205.3 of this chapter or a program area identified by the State in 
the highway safety plan as encompassing a major highway safety problem 
in the State and for which effective countermeasures have been 
identified.
    Program income means gross income received by the State or any of 
its subgrantees or contractors that is directly or indirectly generated 
by a Federally-supported project during the project performance period.
    Section 402 means section 402 of title 23 of the United States Code.
    State means any of the fifty States of the United States, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or, for the 
application of this part to Indians as provided in 23 U.S.C. 402(i), the 
Secretary of the Interior.