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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1600a. Definitions
(a) The term "Committees" refers to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate.
(b) The term "financial assistance" means any form of loan,
grant, guaranty, insurance, payment, rebate, subsidy, or any other
form of direct or indirect Federal assistance other than -
(1) general revenue-sharing grants made under section 6702 (!1)
of title 31;
(2) deposit or account insurance for customers of banks,
savings and loan associations, credit unions, or similar
institutions;
(3) the purchase of mortgages or loans by the Government
National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage
Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation;
(4) assistance for environmental studies, plans, and
assessments that are required incident to the issuance of permits
or other authorizations under Federal law; and
(5) assistance pursuant to programs entirely unrelated to
development, such as any Federal or federally assisted public
assistance program or any Federal old-age, survivors, or
disability insurance program.
Such term also includes flood insurance described in sections (!2)
4029(a) and (b) of title 42 on and after the dates on which the
provisions of those sections (!2) become effective.
(c) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.
(d) The term "water district" means any public agency providing
water service, including water districts, county water districts,
public utility districts, and irrigation districts.
(e) The term "Floodway" means the Colorado River Floodway
established in section 1600c of this title.
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