Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-31/chapter-71/section-7102.md
T
Fabio 76b8ec33a7 Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 10:51:44 -04:00

58 lines
3.9 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "31 U.S.C. § 7102"
description: "Definitions"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
chapter_number: "71"
chapter_name: "JOINT FUNDING SIMPLIFICATION"
section: "7102"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 7102"
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_usc31@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s7102"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-31/usc31.xml"
source_hash: "c0bd4f6359a2424a838e65b76381b6961b7e2d1c82da046a4d6e3ae65ec2c4a0"
raw_snapshot_hash: "94d3fba324cbbc12277242f872f8f47cff5250dbcdc0057fe857212764e4b704"
text_hash: "c2cfa1f35edaf047f6062baf877b22b8e68cd23ddfd652d6725fa8a749023231"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 31 U.S.C. § 7102 - Definitions
## Text
In this chapter—
(1) “applicant” means a State, local government, or private nonprofit organization applying for assistance for one project.
(2) “assistance program” means a program of the United States Government providing assistance through a grant or contract but does not include revenue sharing, a loan, a loan guarantee, or insurance.
(3) “local government” means a county, city, political subdivision of a county or city, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State, a school district, a council of governments, or other instrumentality of a local government.
(4) “project” means an undertaking that includes components that contribute materially to carrying out one purpose or closely related purposes and are proposed or approved for assistance under—
(A) more than one United States Government program; or
(B) at least one Government program and at least one State program.
(5) “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the United States, an agency or instrumentality of a State, and a tribe as defined in section 3(c) of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1452(c)).
(Pub. L. 97258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1035; Pub. L. 103272, § 4(f)(1)(V), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1363.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7102(1)42:4261(2), (4).Dec. 5, 1974, Pub. L. 93510, § 12, 88 Stat. 1608. 7102(2)42:4261(1). 7102(3)42:4261(6). 7102(4)42:4261(3). 7102(5)42:4261(5). In clause (1), the words “applying for” are substituted for “seeking” for clarity. The words “acting separately or together” are omitted as unnecessary. The text of 42:4261(4) is omitted as unnecessary because of section 102 of the revised title. In clause (2), the words “of the United States Government” are added for clarity. The words “assistance in the form of” are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (3), the words “a county, city, political subdivision of a county or city, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State” are substituted for “a local unit of government including a city, county, parish, town, township, village,” for consistency in the revised title and because of 1:2. The word “agency” is omitted because it is included in “instrumentality”. In clause (4), the words “that contribute” are substituted for “if each of those components” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “whether of a temporary or continuing nature” are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (5), the words “any of the several” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico” are omitted as being included in “territory or possession of the United States” and as unnecessary because of 48:734.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1994—Par. (3). Pub. L. 103272 substituted “political” for “politicial” after “other general purpose”.