[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR235.2]

[Page 272-273]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 235_STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE FUNDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 235.2  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this part, the term:
    (a) Act means the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended.
    (b) CND means the Child Nutrition Division of the Food and Nutrition 
Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    (c) Department means the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    (d) Distributing agency means a State agency which enters into an 
agreement with the Department for the distribution of donated foods 
pursuant to part 250 of this title.
    (e) [Reserved]
    (f) FNS means the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture.
    (g) FNSRO means the appropriate Food and Nutrition Service Regional 
Office of the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture.

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    (h) Fiscal year means a period of 12 calendar months beginning 
October 1, 1976, and October 1 of each calendar year thereafter and 
ending with September 30 of the following calendar year.
    (i) Institution means a child or adult care center or a sponsoring 
organization as defined in part 226 of this chapter.
    (j)-(k) [Reserved]
    (l) OIG means the Office of the Inspector General of the Department.
    (m) [Reserved]
    (n) SAE means federally provided State administrative expense funds 
for State agencies under this part.
    (o) School means the term as defined in sections 210.2, 215.2(v), 
220.2(u), and 226.2 of this chapter, as applicable.
    (p) School Food Authority means the governing body which is 
responsible for the administration of one or more schools and which has 
the legal authority to operate a breakfast or a lunch program therein. 
The term ``School Food Authority'' also includes a nonprofit agency or 
organization to which such governing body has delegated authority to 
operate the lunch or breakfast program in schools under its 
jurisdiction, provided the governing body retains the responsibility to 
comply with breakfast or lunch program regulations.
    (q) Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.
    (q-1) 7 CFR part 3015 means the Uniform Federal Assistance 
Regulations published by the Department to implement OMB Circulars A-21, 
A-87, A-102, A-110, and A-122; and Executive Order 12372. (For 
availability of OMB Circulars referenced in this definition, see 5 CFR 
1310.3.)
    (q-2) 7 CFR part 3017 means the Department's regulation to implement 
Executive Order 12549, covering governmentwide rules on suspension and 
debarment as well as The Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988.
    (q-3) 7 CFR part 3018 means the Department's Common Rule regarding 
Governmentwide New Restrictions on Lobbying. Part 3018 implements the 
requirements established by section 319 of the 1990 Appropriations Act 
for the Department of Interior and Related Agencies (Pub. L. 101-121).
    (q-4) 7 CFR part 3052 means the Department's regulations 
implementing OMB Circular A-133, ``Audits of State, Local Governments, 
and Non-Profit Organizations.'' (For availability of OMB Circulars 
referenced in this definition, see 5 CFR 1310.3.)
    (r) State means any of the 50 States, District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and, as 
applicable, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Marianas.
    (s) State agency means (1) the State educational agency or (2) such 
other agency of the State as has been designated by the Governor or 
other appropriate executive or legislative authority of the State and 
approved by the Department to administer programs under part 210, 215, 
220, 226 or 250 of this title. Unless otherwise indicated, ``State 
agency'' shall also mean ``distributing agency'', as defined in Sec. 
235.2(d), when such agency is receiving funds directly from FNS under 
this part.
    (t) State educational agency means, as the State legislature may 
determine: (1) The chief State school officer (such as the State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Education, or 
similar officer), or (2) a board of education controlling the State 
department of education.

(Sec. 7, Pub. L. 95-627, 92 Stat. 3621 (42 U.S.C. 1776); sec. 205, Pub. 
L. 96-499, The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980, 94 Stat. 2599; secs. 
807 and 808, Pub. L. 97-35, 95 Stat. 521-535 (42 U.S.C. 1772, 1784, 
1760); Pub. L. 79-396, 60 Stat. 231 (42 U.S.C. 1751); Pub. L. 89-642, 80 
Stat. 885-890 (42 U.S.C. 1773); Pub. L. 91-248, 84 Stat. 207 (42 U.S.C. 
1759)

[41 FR 32405, Aug. 3, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 48957, Aug. 21, 1979; 44 
FR 51185, Aug. 31, 1979; Amdt. 9, 48 FR 19355, Apr. 29, 1983; Amdt. 14, 
51 FR 27151, July 30, 1986; 54 FR 2991, Jan. 23, 1989; Amdt. 17, 55 FR 
1378, Jan. 16, 1990; 60 FR 15461, Mar. 24, 1995; 64 FR 50743, Sept. 20, 
1999]