[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR7.2]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 7--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS (FEMA REG. 5)--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A--Nondiscrimination in FEMA Programs--General
 
Sec. 7.2  Definitions.

    As used in this regulation:
    (a) The term responsible agency official with respect to any program 
receiving Federal financial assistance means the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency or other official of the agency who by law 
or by delegation has the principal responsibility within the agency for 
the administration of the law extending such assistance.
    (b) 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.
    (c) The term Federal financial assistance includes (1) grants and 
loans 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.
    (d) 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 
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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.
    (e) The term facility includes all or any portion of structure, 
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.
    (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, or 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, 
including any successor, assign, or transferee thereof, but such term 
does not include any ultimate beneficiary under any such program.
    (g) 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.
    (h) The term applicant means one who submits an application, 
request, or plan required to be approved by a responsible agency 
official, 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.