[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC6501]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 65--INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
Sec. 6501. Definitions
In this chapter--
(1) ``assistance'' means the transfer of anything of value for a
public purpose of support or stimulation that is--
(A) authorized by a law of the United States;
(B) provided by the United States Government through grant
or contractual arrangements (including technical assistance
programs providing assistance by loan, loan guarantee, or
insurance); and
(C) not an annual payment by the United States Government to
the District of Columbia government under section 502 of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198, 87 Stat.
813, D.C. Code, Sec. 47-3406).
(2) ``comprehensive planning'' includes, to the extent directly
related to area needs or needs of a unit of general local
government--
(A) preparation, as a guide for governmental policies and
action, of general plans on--
(i) the pattern and intensity of land use;
(ii) providing public facilities (including
transportation facilities) and other governmental services;
and
(iii) the effective development and use of human and
natural resources;
(B) long-range physical and fiscal plans for an action
referred to in subparagraph (A);
(C) a program for capital improvements and other major
expenditures based on their relative urgency, and definitive
financing plans for the expenditures in the earlier years of the
program;
(D) coordination of related plans and activities of States
and local governments and agencies concerned; and
(E) preparation of regulatory and administrative measures to
support the items referred to in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C),
and (D).
(3) ``executive agency'' does not include a mixed-ownership
Government corporation.
(4)(A) ``grant'' (except as provided in subparagraph (C)) means
money, or property provided instead of money, that is paid or
provided by the United States Government under a fixed annual or
total authorization, to a State, to a local government, or to a
beneficiary under a plan or program administered by a State or a
local government that is subject to approval by an executive agency,
if the authorization--
(i) requires the State or local government to expend non-
Government money as a condition of receiving money or property
from the United States Government; or
(ii) specifies directly, or establishes by means of a
formula, the amount that may be provided to the State or local
government, or the amount to be allotted for use in each State
by the State, local government, and beneficiaries.
(B) ``grant'' (except as provided in subparagraph (C)) also
means money, or property provided instead of money, that is paid or
provided by the United States Government to a private, nonprofit
community organization eligible to receive amounts under the
Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.).
(C) ``grant'' does not include--
(i) shared revenue;
(ii) payment of taxes;
(iii) payment instead of taxes;
(iv) a loan or repayable advance;
(v) surplus property or surplus agricultural commodities
provided as surplus property;
(vi) a payment under a research and development procurement
contract or grant awarded directly and on similar terms to all
qualifying organizations; or
(vii) a payment to a State or local government as complete
reimbursement for costs incurred in paying benefits or providing
services to persons entitled to them under a law of the United
States.
(5) ``head of a State agency'' includes the designated delegate
of the head of the agency.
(6) ``local government'' means a unit of general local
government, a school district, or other special district established
under State law.
(7) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
(8) ``special-purpose unit of local government'' means a special
district, public-purpose local government of a State except a school
district.
(9) ``State'' means a State of the United States, the District
of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, and an
agency, instrumentality, or fiscal agent of a State but does not
mean a local government of a State.
(10) ``unit of general local government'' means a county, city,
town, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a
State.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1005; Pub. L. 97-452,
Sec. 1(24), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2478; Pub. L. 101-453, Secs. 3,
5(a), Oct. 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 1058, 1059; Pub. L. 105-33, title XI,
Sec. 11717(b), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 786.)
Historical and Revision Notes
1982 Act
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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6501(1).............................. 42:4201(7). Oct. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90-577, Secs. 101-
107, 109, 110, 82 Stat. 1098, 1100,
1101.
6501(2).............................. 42:4201(9).
6501(3).............................. 42:4201(1).
6501(4).............................. 42:4201(6).
6501(5).............................. 42:4201(10).
6501(6).............................. 42:4201(3).
6501(7).............................. 42:4201(5).
6501(8).
