42 U.S.C. § 2304 : US Code - Section 2304: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2304 : US Code - Section 2304: Definitions

The intent of Congress in the definitions as given in this
section should be construed from the words or phrases used in the
definitions. As used in this chapter -
(a) The term "Commission" means the Atomic Energy Commission.
(b) The term "community" means that area at -
(1) Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designated on a map on file at the
principal office of the Commission, entitled "Minimum Geographic
Area, Oak Ridge, Tennessee", bearing the legend "Boundary Line,
Minimum Geographic Area, Oak Ridge, Tennessee" and marked
"Approved, 21 April 1955, K. D. Nichols, General Manager"; or
(2) Richland, Washington, designated on a map on file at the
principal office of the Commission, entitled "Minimum Geographic
Area, Richland, Washington", bearing the legend "Boundary Line,
Minimum Geographic Area, Richland, Washington" and marked
"Approved, 21 April 1955, K. D. Nichols, General Manager;" or
(3) Los Alamos, New Mexico, designated on a map on file at the
principal office of the Commission, entitled "Minimum Geographic
Area, Los Alamos, New Mexico," bearing the legend "Boundary Line,
Minimum Geographic Area, Los Alamos, New Mexico" and marked
"Approved, April 5, 1962, A. R. Luedecke, General Manager."
(c) The term "house" includes the lot on which the house stands.
(d) The term "member of a family" means any person who, on the
first offering date, resides in the same dwelling unit with one or
more of the following relatives (including those having the same
relationship through marriage or legal adoption): spouse, father,
mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, son, daughter,
uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or first cousin.
(e) The term "mortgage" shall include deeds of trust and such
other classes of lien as are given to secure advances on, or the
unpaid purchase price of real estate under the laws of the State in
which the real estate is located.
(f) The term "municipal installation" includes, without
limitation, schools, hospitals, police and fire protection systems,
sewerage and refuse disposal plants, water supply and distribution
installations, streets and roads, libraries, parks, playgrounds and
recreational means, municipal government buildings, other
properties suitable for municipal or comparable local public
service purposes, and any fixtures, equivalent, or other property
appropriate to the operation, maintenance or repair of the
foregoing.
(g) The term "occupant" means a person who, on the date on which
the property in question is first offered for sale, is entitled to
residential occupancy of the Government-owned house in question, or
of a family dwelling unit in such house, in accordance with a lease
or license agreement with the Commission or its property-management
contractor.
(h) The term "offering date" means the date the property in
question is offered for sale.
(i) The term "project area" means that area which on August 4,
1955, constitutes the Federal area at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, or
Hanford, Washington, or that area which, on the date Los Alamos is
included within this chapter, constitutes the County of Los Alamos,
New Mexico, excluding therefrom, however, that land which is, on
said date, under the administrative control of the National Park
Service of the Department of the Interior.
(j) The term "project-connected person" means any person who, on
the first offering date, is regularly employed at the project area
in one of the following capacities:
(1) An officer or employee of the Commission or any of its
contractors or subcontractors, or of the United States or any
agency thereof (including members of the Armed Forces), or of a
State or political subdivision or agency thereof;
(2) An officer or employee employed at a school or hospital
located in the project area;
(3) A person engaged in or employed in the project area by any
professional, commercial, or industrial enterprise occupying
premises located in the project area; or
(4) An officer or employee of any church or nonprofit
organization occupying premises located in the project area.
(k) The term "resident" means any person who, on the date on
which the property in question is first offered for sale is either -

(1) an occupant in a residential unit designated for sale at
the community, or
(2) a project-connected person who is entitled, in accordance
with a lease or similar agreement, to residential occupancy of
privately owned rental housing in the community.
(l) The term "utility" means any electrical distribution system,
any natural gas distribution system, any public transportation
system, or any public communication system, and any fixtures,
equipment, or other property appropriate to the operation,
maintenance or repair of the foregoing.
(m) The terms "single" and "single family" when used in
connection with "house" or "residential property" shall include
each separate unit of a residential structure which the Commission
has classified as a residential structure containing two or more
separate single family units pursuant to section 2331(c) of this
title.