[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR253.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 253--ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR HOUSEHOLDS ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 253.2  Definitions.

    (a) Exercises governmental jurisdiction means the active exercise of 
the legislative, executive or judicial powers of government by an Indian 
tribal organization.
    (b) Food distribution program means a food distribution program for 
households on Indian reservations operated pursuant to sections 4(b) and 
1304(a) of Pub. L. 95-113.
    (c) Indian tribal household means a household in which at least one 
household member is recognized as a tribal member by any Indian tribe, 
as defined in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (d) Indian tribe means (1) any Indian tribe, Band, or other 
organized Indian group, for example, a Rancheria, Pueblo, or colony, and 
including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation 
(established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 
Stat. 688)), and that is on a reservation and recognized as eligible for 
Federal programs and services provided to Indians because of their 
status as Indians; or (2) any Indian tribe or Band on a reservation 
holding a treaty with a State government.
    (e) Indian tribal organization (ITO) means: (1) The recognized 
governing body of any Indian tribe on a reservation; or (2) the tribally 
recognized intertribal organization which the recognized governing 
bodies of two or more Indian tribes on a reservation authorize to 
operate the Food Stamp Program or a Food Distribution Program on their 
behalf.
    (f) Overissuance means the dollar value of commodities issued to a 
household that exceeds the dollar value of commodities it was eligible 
to receive.
    (g) Reservation means the geographically defined area or areas over 
which an ITO exercises governmental jurisdiction so long as such area or 
areas are legally recognized by the Federal or a State government as 
being set aside for the use of Indians.
    (h) State means any one of the fifty States, the District of 
Columbia, and the reservation of an Indian tribe whose ITO meets the 
requirements of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 for participation as a State 
agency.
    (i) State agency means:
    (1) The agency of State government, including the local offices 
thereof, which enters into an agreement with FNS for the distribution of 
commodities on all or part of an Indian reservation, and
    (2) The ITO of any Indian tribe, determined by the Department to be 
capable of effectively administering a Food Distribution Program, which 
enters into an agreement with FNS for the distribution of commodities on 
all or part of an Indian reservation.
    (j) Urban place means a town or city with a population of 10,000 or 
more.

[44 FR 35928, June 19, 1979. Redesignated and amended by Amdt. 1, 47 FR 
14137, Apr. 2, 1982; 59 FR 1449, Jan. 11, 1994; 64 FR 73382, Dec. 30, 
1999]