Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 130 - National Affordable Housing

• agency: means an agency as defined in section 552(e) ¹ of title 5. See 22 USC 3902
• applicable employment taxes: means the following:

  (A) The taxes imposed under section 3111(b). See 26 USC 3134

• association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
• Attorney General: means the Attorney General of the United States. See
• bankruptcy court: means the court having jurisdiction over the reorganization of the Milwaukee Railroad. See 45 USC 902
• Board: means the Railroad Retirement Board. See 45 USC 666
• Board: means the Railroad Retirement Board. See 45 USC 902
• certification: means a written assertion, based on supporting evidence, which shall be kept available for inspection by the Secretary, the Inspector General and the public, which assertion shall be deemed to be accurate for purposes of this Act, unless the Secretary determines otherwise after inspecting the evidence and providing due notice and opportunity for comment. See 42 USC 12704
• Commission: means the Interstate Commerce Commission. See 45 USC 902
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. See
• community housing development organization: means a nonprofit organization as defined in paragraph (5), that&mdash. See 42 USC 12704
• corporation: includes associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies. See
• corporation: includes associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies. See
• county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
• Department: means the Department of State, except that with reference to the exercise of functions under this chapter with respect to another agency authorized by law to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system, such term means that other agency. See 22 USC 3902
• displaced homemaker: means an individual who&mdash. See 42 USC 12704
• domestic: when applied to a corporation or partnership means created or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any State unless, in the case of a partnership, the Secretary provides otherwise by regulations. See
• domestic: when applied to a corporation or partnership means created or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any State unless, in the case of a partnership, the Secretary provides otherwise by regulations. See
• eligible employer: means any employer&mdash. See 26 USC 3134
• employee: shall include a full-time life insurance salesman who is considered an employee for the purpose of chapter 21. See
• employee: includes any employee of the Rock Island Railroad as of August 1, 1979, but does not include any individual serving as president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, comptroller, counsel, member of the board of directors, or any other person performing such functions. See 45 USC 666
• employee: shall include a full-time life insurance salesman who is considered an employee for the purpose of chapter 21. See
• fiduciary: means a guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, conservator, or any person acting in any fiduciary capacity for any person. See
• first-time homebuyer: means an individual and his or her spouse who have not owned a home during the 3-year period prior to purchase of a home with assistance under subchapter II, except that&mdash. See 42 USC 12704
• fiscal year: means an accounting period of 12 months ending on the last day of any month other than December. See
• fiscal year: means an accounting period of 12 months ending on the last day of any month other than December. See
• foreign: when applied to a corporation or partnership means a corporation or partnership which is not domestic. See
• foreign: when applied to a corporation or partnership means a corporation or partnership which is not domestic. See
• Foreign Service: means the Foreign Service of the United States. See 22 USC 3902
• housing: includes manufactured housing and manufactured housing lots and elder cottage housing opportunity units that are small, free-standing, barrier-free, energy-efficient, removable, and designed to be installed adjacent to existing 1- to 4-family dwellings. See 42 USC 12704
• including: when used in a definition contained in this title shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise within the meaning of the term defined. See
• including: when used in a definition contained in this title shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise within the meaning of the term defined. See
• Indian tribal government: means the governing body of any tribe, band, community, village, or group of Indians, or (if applicable) Alaska Natives, which is determined by the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to exercise governmental functions. See
• Indian tribal government: means the governing body of any tribe, band, community, village, or group of Indians, or (if applicable) Alaska Natives, which is determined by the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to exercise governmental functions. See
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• individual retirement plan: means &mdash. See
• international organization: means a public international organization entitled to enjoy privileges, exemptions, and immunities as an international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U. See
• international organization: means a public international organization entitled to enjoy privileges, exemptions, and immunities as an international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U. See
• jurisdiction: means a State or unit of general local government. See 42 USC 12704
• low-income families: means families whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area, as determined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and larger families, except that the Secretary may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 80 percent of the median for the area on the basis of the Secretary's findings that such variations are necessary because of prevailing levels of construction costs or fair market rents, or unusually high or low family incomes. See 42 USC 12704
• Milwaukee Railroad: means the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. See 45 USC 902
• nonprofit organization: means any private, nonprofit organization (including a State or locally chartered, nonprofit organization) that&mdash. See 42 USC 12704
• oath: includes affirmation, and "sworn" includes affirmed. See 1 USC 1
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• participating jurisdiction: means any State or unit of general local government that has been so designated in accordance with section 12746 of this title. See 42 USC 12704
• partner: includes a member in such a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or organization. See
• partnership: includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other unincorporated organization, through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or venture is carried on, and which is not, within the meaning of this title, a trust or estate or a corporation. See
• partnership: includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other unincorporated organization, through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or venture is carried on, and which is not, within the meaning of this title, a trust or estate or a corporation. See
• person: shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. See
• person: shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. See
• public housing agency: has the meaning given the term in section 1437a(b) of this title. See 42 USC 12704
• qualified blood collector organization: means an organization which is&mdash. See
• qualified wages: means &mdash. See 26 USC 3134
• railroad: means a rail carrier subject to part A of subtitle IV of title 49. See
• recovery startup business: means any employer&mdash. See 26 USC 3134
• Secretary: means the Secretary of State, except that (subject to section 3921 of this title) with reference to the exercise of functions under this Act with respect to any agency authorized by law to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system, such term means the head of that agency. See 22 USC 3902
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, unless otherwise specified in this Act. See 42 USC 12704
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Transportation. See 45 USC 666
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Transportation or the designated representative of the Secretary. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. See
• Secretary of the Treasury: means the Secretary of the Treasury, personally, and shall not include any delegate of his. See
• Secretary of the Treasury: means the Secretary of the Treasury, personally, and shall not include any delegate of his. See
• Service: means the Public Health Service. See 42 USC 201
• severely financially distressed employer: means an eligible employer as defined in paragraph (2), determined by substituting "less than 10 percent" for "less than 80 percent" in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) thereof. See 26 USC 3134
• shareholder: includes a member in an association, joint-stock company, or insurance company. See
• single parent: means an individual who&mdash. See 42 USC 12704
• State: means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any agency or instrumentality thereof that is established pursuant to legislation and designated by the chief executive officer to act on behalf of the State with regard to the provisions of this Act. See 42 USC 12704
• State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
• State: shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title. See
• State: includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• State: includes Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands. See
• State: shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title. See
• stock: includes shares in an association, joint-stock company, or insurance company. See
• stock: includes shares in an association, joint-stock company, or insurance company. See
• student: means any individual&mdash. See
• Tax Court: means the United States Tax Court. See
• taxable year: means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which the taxable income is computed under subtitle A. See
• taxable year: means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which the taxable income is computed under subtitle A. See
• taxpayer: means any person subject to any internal revenue tax. See
• taxpayer: means any person subject to any internal revenue tax. See
• TIN: means the identifying number assigned to a person under section 6109. See
• trade or business: includes the performance of the functions of a public office. See
• trade or business: includes the performance of the functions of a public office. See
• transaction: includes a series of transactions. See
• transaction: includes a series of transactions. See
• unit of general local government: means a city, town, township, county, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State. See 42 USC 12704
• United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See
• United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See
• vehicle: includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. See 1 USC 4
• very low-income families: means low-income families whose incomes do not exceed 50 percent of the median family income for the area, as determined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and larger families, except that the Secretary may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 50 percent of the median for the area on the basis of the Secretary's findings that such variations are necessary because of prevailing levels of construction costs or fair market rents, or unusually high or low family incomes. See 42 USC 12704
• vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
• wages: means wages (as defined in section 3121(a)) and compensation (as defined in section 3231(e)). See 26 USC 3134
• writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1