2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 106 - Community Services Block Grant Program (Sections 9901 - 9926)
Sec. 9902 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 106 - COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM Sec. 9902 - Definitions |
Contains | section 9902 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, §673, as added Pub. L. 105-285, title II, §201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2729. |
Statutes at Large References | 95 Stat. 511, 1609 98 Stat. 197, 2884 100 Stat. 968 104 Stat. 1251 107 Stat. 1994 112 Stat. 2729 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 97-35, Public Law 97-115, Public Law 98-288, Public Law 98-558, Public Law 99-425, Public Law 101-501, Public Law 103-171, Public Law 105-285 |
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In this chapter:
(1) Eligible entity; family literacy services(A) Eligible entityThe term "eligible entity" means an entity—
(i) that is an eligible entity described in paragraph (1) of this section (as in effect on the day before October 27, 1998) as of the day before October 27, 1998, or is designated by the process described in section 9909 of this title (including an organization serving migrant or seasonal farmworkers that is so described or designated); and
(ii) that has a tripartite board or other mechanism described in subsection (a) or (b), as appropriate, of section 9910 of this title.
(B) Family literacy servicesThe term "family literacy services" has the meaning given the term in section 9832 of this title.
(2) Poverty lineThe term "poverty line" means the official poverty line defined by the Office of Management and Budget based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census. The Secretary shall revise annually (or at any shorter interval the Secretary determines to be feasible and desirable) the poverty line, which shall be used as a criterion of eligibility in the community services block grant program established under this chapter. The required revision shall be accomplished by multiplying the official poverty line by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers during the annual or other interval immediately preceding the time at which the revision is made. Whenever a State determines that it serves the objectives of the block grant program established under this chapter, the State may revise the poverty line to not to exceed 125 percent of the official poverty line otherwise applicable under this paragraph.
(3) Private, nonprofit organizationThe term "private, nonprofit organization" includes a religious organization, to which the provisions of section 9920 of this title shall apply.
(4) SecretaryThe term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(5) StateThe term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, §673, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title II, §201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2729.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 9902, Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, §673, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 97–115, §17(a)(1), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1609; Pub. L. 98–288, §31(a), May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 197; Pub. L. 98–558, title II, §202, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2884; Pub. L. 99–425, title IV, §402, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 968; Pub. L. 101–501, title IV, §§402, 408, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1251, 1255; Pub. L. 103–171, §7(c)(1), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1994, defined terms used in this chapter, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–285.
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