[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR661.3]

[Page 83]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 661_BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS_SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1982, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  661.3  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Act means the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 
97-424), as amended by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109-59).
    Administrator means the Administrator of FTA, or designee.
    Component means any article, material, or supply, whether 
manufactured or unmanufactured, that is directly incorporated into the 
end product at the final assembly location.
    Contractor means a party to a third party contract other than the 
grantee.
    FTA means the Federal Transit Administration.
    Grantee means any entity that is a recipient of FTA funds.
    Manufactured product means an item produced as a result of the 
manufacturing process.
    Manufacturing process means the application of processes to alter 
the form or function of materials or of elements of the product in a 
manner adding value and transforming those materials or elements so that 
they represent a new end product functionally different from that which 
would result from mere assembly of the elements or materials.
    Negotiated procurement means a contract awarded using other than 
sealed bidding procedures.
    Rolling stock means transit vehicles such as buses, vans, cars, 
railcars, locomotives, trolley cars and buses, and ferry boats, as well 
as vehicles used for support services.
    SAFETEA-LU means the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109-59).
    United States means the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

[71 FR 14117, Mar. 21, 2006]