42 U.S.C. § 12302 : US Code - Section 12302: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 12302 : US Code - Section 12302: Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1) Commissioner
The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, as established
under section 12311 of this title.
(2) Council
The term "Council" means the Federal Council on Children,
Youth, and Families, as established under section 12314(a) of
this title.
(3) Nonprofit
The term "'nonprofit", as applied to any agency, institution,
or organization, means an agency, institution, or organization
that is, or is owned and operated by, one or more corporations or
associations, no part of the net earnings of which may lawfully
inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(4) Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
(5) State
The term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Virgin
Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands.
(6) Young individual
The term "young individual" means any child or youth from birth
to 21 years of age.