[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 43CFR17.12]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 17--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart A--Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, or National 
                                 Origin
 
Sec. 17.12  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) The term act means the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-352 
78 Stat. 241).
    (b) The term Department means the Department of the Interior, and 
includes each of its bureaus and offices.
    (c) The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or, 
except in Sec. 17.9(f), any person to whom he has delegated his 
authority in the matter concerned.
    (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 and 
loans of Federal funds, (2) grants or donations of Federal property and 
interests in property, (3) the detail of Federal personnel (4) the sale 
or lease of, or 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.
    (f) The term program includes any program, project, or activity for 
the provision of services, financial aid, or other benefits to 
individuals (including education or training, health, welfare, 
rehabilitation, housing, or other services whether provided through 
employees of the recipient of Federal financial assistance or provided 
by others through contracts or other arrangements with the recipient, 
and including work opportunities and cash or loan or other assistance to 
individuals), or for the provision of facilities for furnishing services 
financial aid or other benefits to individuals. The services, financial 
aid, or other benefits provided under a program receiving Federal 
financial assistance shall be deemed to include any services, financial 
aid, or other benefits provided with the aid of Federal financial 
assistance or with the aid of any non-Federal funds, property, or other 
resources required to be expended or made available for the program to 
meet matching requirements or other conditions which must be met in 
order to receive the Federal financial assistance, and to include any 
services financial aid, or other benefits provided in or through a 
facility provided with the aid of Federal financial assistance or such 
non-Federal resources.
    (g) The term facility includes all or any portion of structures, 
equipment, or other real or personal property or interests therein, and 
the provision of facilities includes the construction, expansion, 
renovation, remodeling, alteration or acquisition of facilities.
    (h) The term recipient means any State, political subdivision of any 
State, or instrumentality of any State or political subdivision, any 
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private agency, institution, or organization, or any other entity, or 
any individual, in any State, to whom Federal financial assistance is 
extended, directly or through another recipient, for any program, 
including any successor, assign, or transferee thereof, but such term 
does not include the ultimate beneficiary under such program.
    (i) The term primary recipient means any recipient which is 
authorized or required to extend Federal financial assistance to another 
recipient for the purpose of carrying out a program.
    (j) The term applicant means one who submits an application, 
request, or plan required to be approved by the head of a bureau or 
office, or by a primary recipient, as a condition to eligibility for 
Federal financial assistance, and the term ``application'' means such an 
application, request, or plan.
    (k) The term Office of Hearings and Appeals refers to a constituent 
office of the Department established July 1, 1970. 35 FR 12081 (1970).

[29 FR 16293, Dec. 4, 1964, as amended at 38 FR 17978, July 5, 1973]

                   Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 17

    Federal financial assistance subject to part 17 includes, but is not 
limited to, that authorized by the following statutes:
    I. Public Lands and Acquired Lands. (a) Grants and loans of Federal 
funds.
    1. Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 
U.S.C. 181--287).
    2. Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351--359).
    3. Alaska Grazing Act (44 Stat. 1452, 48 U.S.C. 471, et seq.).
    4. Proceeds of Certain Land Sales (R.S. sec. 3689, as amended, 31 
U.S.C. 711 (17)).
    5. Taylor Grazing Act (48 Stat. 1269, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 315 et 
seq.).
    6. Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant 
Lands Act (50 Stat. 874, 43 U.S.C. 1181f).
    7. Payment to States for Swamp Lands Erroneously Sold by U.S. (R.S. 
sec. 3689, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 711 (18)).
    8. Alaska Statehood Act, sec. 6(f), (72 Stat. 341, 48 U.S.C. note 
preceding sec. 21).
    (b) Sale, lease, grant, or other disposition of, or the permission 
to use, Federal property or any interest in such property at less than 
fair market value.
    1. Materials Act (61 Stat. 681, as amended 30 U.S.C. 601--604).
    2. Rights-of-way for Tramroads, Canals, Reservoirs (28 Stat. 635, as 
amended, 43 U.S.C. 956, 957).
    3. Highway Rights-of-way (R.S. sec. 2477 43 U.S.C. 932).
    4. Small Tract Act (52 Stat. 609, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 682a--682e).
    5. Rights-of-way for Dams, Reservoirs, Water Plants, Canals, etc. 
(33 Stat. 628, 16 U.S.C. 524).
    6. Rights-of-way for Power and Communication Facilities (36 Stat. 
1253, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 961).
    7. Recreation and Public Purposes Act (44 Stat. 741, as amended, 43 
U.S.C. 869--869-4).
    8. Stock-Watering Reservoirs (29 Stat. 434, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 
952--955).
    9. Alaska Housing Authority Act (63 Stat. 60, 48 U.S.C. 484c).
    10. Railroad Rights-of-way in Alaska (30 Stat. 409, 48 U.S.C. 411--
419).
    11. Grants to States in Aid Schools (44 Stat. 1026 as amended, 43 
U.S.C. 870).
    12. Carey Act (28 Stat. 422, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 641).
    13. Airports and Aviation Fields (45 Stat. 728, as amended, 49 
U.S.C. 211--214).
    14. Special Land Use Permits (R.S. sec. 453, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 
2).
    15. Rights-of-way for Irrigation and Drainage (26 Stat. 1101, as 
amended, 43 U.S.C. 946).
    16. Rights-of-way for Pipelines to Transport Oil or Natural Gas (41 
Stat. 449, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 185).
    17. Townsite Laws (R.S. 2380 et seq., as amended, 43 U.S.C. 711 et 
seq.).
    18. Leases of Lands near Springs (43 Stat. 1133, 43 U.S.C. 971).
    19. Rights-of-way for Railroads (18 Stat. 482, 43 U.S.C. 934).
    20. Grants of Easements (76 Stat. 1129, 40 U.S.C. 319--319c).
    II. Water and Power. (a) Grants and loans of Federal funds.
    1. Federal Reclamation Program (32 Stat. 388, 43 U.S.C. 391, and 
Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto).
    2. Reservation of Land for Park, Playground, or Community Center (38 
Stat. 727, 43 U.S.C. 569).
    3. Distribution System Loan Program (69 Stat. 244, as amended, 43 
U.S.C. 421a--421d).
    4. Rehabilitation and Betterment Loan Program (63 Stat. 724, as 
amended, 43 U.S.C. 504).
    5. Small Reclamation Project Loan Program (70 Stat. 1044, 43 U.S.C. 
422a--422k).
    6. Assistance to School Districts on Reclamation Projects (62 Stat. 
1108, 43 U.S.C. 385a).
    7. Payment from Colorado River Dam Fund, Boulder Canyon Project (54 
Stat. 776 as amended, 43 U.S.C. 618(c)).
    8. Payment on In Lieu of Taxes Lands Acquired Pursuant to Columbia 
Basin Project Act (57 Stat. 19, 16 U.S.C. 835c-1).
    9. Payment in Lieu of Taxes on Land to Trinity County, California 
(69 Stat. 729).
    10. Saline Water Research Program (66 Stat. 328, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 1951).

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    11. Water User Repayment Obligations on Reclamation Projects (43 
Stat. 703, 43 U.S.C. 501, 62 Stat. 273, 66 Stat. 754).
    12. Water Resources Research Act (78 Stat. 329).
    (b) Sale, lease, grant or other disposition of, or the permission to 
use, Federal property or any interest in such property at less than fair 
market value.
    1. Townsite Disposal on Reclamation Projects (34 Stat. 116, 43 
U.S.C. 566).
    2. Transfer of Federal Property in Coulee Dam, Washington (71 Stat. 
529, 16 U.S.C. 835c note).
    3. Transfer of Federal Property to Boulder City, Nevada (72 Stat. 
1726, 43 U.S.C. 617u note).
    4. Reservation of Land for Park, Playground, or Community Center (38 
Stat. 727, 43 U.S.C. 569).
    5. Saline Water Research Program-Donation of Laboratory Equipment 
(72 Stat. 1793, 42 U.S.C. 1892).
    6. Reclamation Program-Conveyance of Land to School Districts (41 
Stat. 326, 43 U.S.C. 570).
    7. Recreation and Public Purposes Program (44 Stat. 741, as amended, 
43 U.S.C. 869-869a).
    8. Dedication of Land for Public Purposes, Page. Arizona (72 Stat. 
1686, 1688).
    9. Removal of Sand, Gravel, and Other Minerals, and Building 
Materials from Reclamation Project Lands (53 Stat. 1196, as amended, 43 
U.S.C. 387).
    III. Mineral Resources. Grants and loans of Federal funds.
    1. Control of Coal Mine Fires (68 Stat. 1009, 30 U.S.C. 551--558 et 
seq.)
    2. Anthracite Mine Drainage and Flood Control and Sealing of 
Abandoned Mines and Filling Voids (69 Stat. 352, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 
571--576).
    3. Sealing and filling of voids in abandoned coal mines, reclamation 
of surface mine areas, and extinguishing mine fires (79 Stat. 13, as 
amended, 40 U.S.C., App., 205).
    IV. Fish and Wildlife. (a) Grants of Federal funds.
    1. Pittman-Robertson Act (50 Stat. 917, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 669).
    2. Dingell-Johnson Act (64 Stat. 430, 16 U.S.C. 777).
    3. Sharing of Refuge Revenues (49 Stat. 383, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 
715s).
    4. Aid to Alaska (Section 6(e) of the Alaska Statehood Act, 72 Stat. 
340, and Act of February 28, 1944, 58 Stat. 101, 16 U.S.C. 631e).
    5. Anadromous Fish Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1125, 16 U.S.C. 757a--
757f).
    6. Aid to Education (70 Stat. 1126, 16 U.S.C. 760d).
    7. Jellyfish Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1149, 16 U.S.C. 1201--1205).
    (b) Sale, lease, grant, or other disposition of, or the permission 
to use, Federal property or any interest in such property at less than 
fair market value.
    1. Cooperative Research and Training Program for Fish and Wildlife 
Resources (74 Stat. 733, 16 U.S.C. 753a)
    2. Protection and Conservation of Bald and Golden Eagles (54 Stat. 
251, as amended 16 U.S.C. 668a).
    3. Wildlife Land Transfers (sec. 8 of Colorado River Storage Project 
Act of 1956, 70 Stat. 110, 43 U.S.C. 620g)
    4. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended, 16 
U.S.C. 661--664).
    (c) Furnishing of services of a type for which the recipient would 
otherwise pay.
    1. Lampry Eradication Program (60 Stat. 930, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 
921)
    2. Cooperative Research and Training Program for Fish and Wildlife 
Resources (74 Stat. 733, 16 U.S.C. 753a)
    3. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended, 16 
U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
    V. Parks and Territories. (a) Grants and loans of Federal funds.
    1. Payments to School Districts--Yellowstone National Park (62 Stat. 
338, 16 U.S.C. 40a).
    2. Payments in Lieu of Taxes--Grand Teton National Park (64 Stat. 
851, 16 U.S.C. 406d-3).
    3. Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915, 16 U.S.C. 47a).
    4. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (77 Stat. 49, 16 U.S.C. 460l).
    5. Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 497, as 
amended, 48 U.S.C. 1541--1644).
    6. Guam Rehabilitation Act (77 Stat. 302).
    7. Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384 as amended, 48 U.S.C. 1421--
1425 except sec. 9(a), 48 U.S.C. 1422c(a)).
    8. Guam Agricultural Act (P.L. 88-584, 78 Stat. 926).
    9. Outdoor Recreation Programs (78 Stat. 897, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 
460l--460l-11).
    (b) Sale, lease, grant or other disposition of, or the permission 
to, use Federal property or any interest in such property at less than 
fair market value.
    1. Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act (39 Stat. 954, 48 U.S.C. 748).
    2. Virgin Islands Corporation Act (63 Stat. 350, as amended, 48 
U.S.C. 1407 et seq.).
    3. Territorial Submerged Lands Act (77 Stat. 338, 48 U.S.C. 1701--
1704).
    4. Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 392, 48 U.S.C. 1421f(c)).
    (c) Furnishing of services by the Federal Government of a type for 
which the recipient would otherwise pay.
    1. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (77 Stat. 49, 16 U.S.C. 460l).
    VI. Indian Affairs. (a) Grants and loans of Federal funds.
    1. Menominee County, Wis. Educational Grants (76 Stat. 53).
    (b) Sale, lease, grant, or other disposition of or the permission to 
use, Federal property

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or any interest in such property at less than fair market value.
    1. Conveyance of School Property (67 Stat. 41, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 
293a).
    2. Adult Vocational Training Act (70 Stat. 986, 25 U.S.C. 309).
    VII. General. 1. Department Projects under the Public Works 
Acceleration Act (76 Stat. 541, 42 U.S.C. 2641--2643).
    2. Grants for Support of Scientific Research (72 Stat. 1793, 42 
U.S.C. 1891--1893).
    3. Special Use Permits (R.S. sec. 441, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 1457).
    4. Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-578, 78 
Stat. 897).

[29 FR 16293, Dec. 4, 1964, as amended at 38 FR 17978, July 5, 1973]

                   Appendix B to Subpart A of Part 17

    The following statutes authorize programs limited to individuals of 
a particular race, color, or national origin
    I. Indians and Alaska Natives. 1. Snyder Act (42 Stat. 208, 25 
U.S.C. 13).
    2. Adult Vocational Training Act (70 Stat. 986, 25 U.S.C. 309).
    3. Vocational and Trade School Act (48 Stat. 986, 25 U.S.C. 471)
    4. Johnson-O'Malley Act (48 Stat. 596, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 452-53)
    5. Revolving Fund for Loan to Indians (48 Stat. 986, 25 U.S.C. 470).
    6. Revolving Fund for Loans to Tribes (77 Stat. 301).
    7. Conveyance of Buildings, Improvements, or Facilities to Tribes 
(70 Stat. 1057, 25 U.S.C. 443a).
    8. Alaska Reindeer Act (50 Stat. 900, 48 U.S.C. 250--250p)
    9. Disposals to Alaskan Natives (44 Stat. 629, 48 U.S.C. 355a and 
355c).
    II. Natives of Certain Territories. 1. Acceptance of Samoan Cession 
Agreement (45 Stat. 1253, as amended, 48 U.S.C. 1661).
    2. Samoan Omnibus Act (76 Stat. 586, 48 U.S.C. 1666)
    3. Guam Organic Act (64 Stat. 387, 48 U.S.C. 1422c).

[29 FR 16293, Dec. 4, 1964]