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legal/us/code/title-40/chapter-171/section-17101.md

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+title: "40 U.S.C. § 17101"
+description: "Definitions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 40
+title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
+chapter_number: "171"
+chapter_name: "SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES"
+section: "17101"
+citation: "40 U.S.C. § 17101"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc40@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s17101"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 40 U.S.C. § 17101 - Definitions
+
+## Text
+
+In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
+
+(1) Federal government.— The term “Federal Government” includes the government of the District of Columbia.
+
+(2) Motor vehicle.— The term “motor vehicle” means a vehicle, self-propelled or drawn by mechanical power, designed for use on the highways principally for the transportation of passengers, except a vehicle designed or used for military field training, combat, or tactical purposes.
+
+(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1710140:703.Pub. L. 88–515, § 3, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696. In clause (1), the words “the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of the United States” are omitted as unnecessary.