Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 6107


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 6107. Definitions

      For purposes of this chapter - 
        (1) the term "Commission" means the Commission on Civil Rights;
        (2) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and
      Human Services;
        (3) the term "Federal department or agency" means any agency as
      defined in section 551 of title 5 and includes the United States
      Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission; and
        (4) the term "program or activity" means all of the operations
      of - 
          (A)(i) a department, agency, special purpose district, or
        other instrumentality of a State or of a local government; or
          (ii) the entity of such State or local government that
        distributes such assistance and each such department or agency
        (and each other State or local government entity) to which the
        assistance is extended, in the case of assistance to a State or
        local government;
          (B)(i) a college, university, or other postsecondary
        institution, or a public system of higher education; or
          (ii) a local educational agency (as defined in section 7801
        of title 20), system of vocational education, or other school
        system;
          (C)(i) an entire corporation, partnership, or other private
        organization, or an entire sole proprietorship - 
            (I) if assistance is extended to such corporation,
          partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship as
          a whole; or
            (II) which is principally engaged in the business of
          providing education, health care, housing, social services,
          or parks and recreation; or

          (ii) the entire plant or other comparable, geographically
        separate facility to which Federal financial assistance is
        extended, in the case of any other corporation, partnership,
        private organization, or sole proprietorship; or
          (D) any other entity which is established by two or more of
        the entities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C);

      any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance.



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