Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 20 > Chapter 72 > Subchapter II > Part 2 - Library Programs

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
• digital literacy skills: means the skills associated with&mdash. See 20 USC 9101
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• library: includes &mdash. See 20 USC 9122
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• State library administrative agency: means the official agency of a State charged by the law of the State with the extension and development of public library services throughout the State. See 20 USC 9122