2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 148 - Windstorm Impact Reduction (Sections 15701 - 15707)
Sec. 15702 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 148 - WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION Sec. 15702 - Definitions |
Contains | section 15702 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 108-360, title II, §203, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1676; Pub. L. 114-52, §2, Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 496. |
Statutes at Large References | 118 Stat. 1676, 1675 129 Stat. 496 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 108-360, Public Law 114-52 |
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In this chapter:
(1) DirectorThe term "Director" means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(2) LifelinesThe term "lifelines" means public works and utilities, including transportation facilities and infrastructure, oil and gas pipelines, electrical power and communication facilities and infrastructure, and water supply and sewage treatment facilities.
(3) ProgramThe term "Program" means the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program established by section 15703(a) of this title.
(4) StateThe term "State" means each of the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(5) WindstormThe term "windstorm" means any storm with a damaging or destructive wind component, such as a hurricane, tropical storm, northeaster, tornado, or thunderstorm.
(Pub. L. 108–360, title II, §203, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1676; Pub. L. 114–52, §2, Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 496.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this title", meaning title II of Pub. L. 108–360, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1675, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 15701 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS2015—Par. (1). Pub. L. 114–52, §2(a), substituted "Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology" for "Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy".
Par. (2). Pub. L. 114–52, §2(b)(2), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).
Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 114–52, §2(b)(1), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively. Former par. (4) redesignated (5).
Par. (5). Pub. L. 114–52, §2(b)(1), (c), redesignated par. (4) as (5) and inserted "northeaster," after "tropical storm,".
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