[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR1.2]



[Page 7-8]

 

                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 1_NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT_EFFECTUATION OF TITLE 

VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1.2  Definitions.



    As used in this part 1--

    (a) The term Department means the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development.

    (b) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development.

    (c) The term responsible Department official means the Secretary or, 

to the extent of any delegation of authority by the Secretary to act 

under this part 1, any other Department official to whom the Secretary 

may hereafter delegate such authority.

    (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, 

loans, and advances 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. The term Federal financial 

assistance does not include a contract of insurance or guaranty.

    (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, 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 or 

activity, or who otherwise participates in carrying out such program or 

activity (such as a redeveloper in the Urban Renewal Program), including 

any successor, assign, or transferee thereof, but such term does not 

include



[[Page 8]]



any ultimate beneficiary under any such program or activity.

    (g) The term applicant means one who submits an application, 

contract, request, or plan requiring Department approval as a condition 

to eligibility for Federal financial assistance, and the term 

application means such an application, contract, request, or plan.