31 U.S.C. § 6101 : US Code - Section 6101: Definitions

Search 31 U.S.C. § 6101 : US Code - Section 6101: Definitions

In this chapter -
(1) "administering office" means the lowest unit of an agency
responsible for managing a domestic assistance program.
(2) "agency" has the same meaning given that term in section
551(1) of title 5.
(3) "assistance" -
(A) means the transfer of anything of value for a public
purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the
United States, including -
(i) financial assistance;
(ii) United States Government facilities, services, and
property; and
(iii) expert and technical information; and
(B) does not include conventional public information services
or procurement of property or services for the direct benefit
or use of the Government.
(4) "domestic assistance program" -
(A) means assistance from an agency for -
(i) a State;
(ii) the District of Columbia;
(iii) a territory or possession of the United States;
(iv) a county;
(v) a city;
(vi) a political subdivision or instrumentality of a
governmental authority listed in subclauses (i)-(v) of this
clause (A);
(vii) a domestic corporation;
(viii) a domestic institution; and
(ix) an individual of the United States; and
(B) does not include assistance from an agency for an agency.
(5) "Director" means the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget.
(6) "Administrator" means the Administrator of General
Services.
(7) "formula" means any prescribed method employing objective
data or statistical estimates for making individual
determinations among recipients of Federal funds, either in terms
of eligibility or actual funding allocations, that can be written
in the form of either -
(A) a closed mathematical statement; or
(B) an iterative procedure or algorithm which can be written
as a computer program;
and from which the results can be objectively replicated, within
reasonable limits due to rounding error, through independent
application of such statement, procedures, or algorithm, by
different qualified individuals.