{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s1687","title":20,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1687.","heading":"Interpretation of \u201cprogram or activity\u201d","text":"\u00a7\u202f1687.\nInterpretation of \u201cprogram or activity\u201d\nFor the purposes of this chapter, the term \u201cprogram or activity\u201d and \u201cprogram\u201d mean all of the operations of\u2014\n(1)\n(A) a department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or of a local government; or\n(B) the entity of such State or local government that distributes such assistance and each such department or agency (and each other State or local government entity) to which the assistance is extended, in the case of assistance to a State or local government;\n(2)\n(A) a college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or a public system of higher education; or\n(B) a local educational agency (as defined in section section\n1\n1 So in original.\n(3)\n(A) an entire corporation, partnership, or other private organization, or an entire sole proprietorship\u2014\n(i) if assistance is extended to such corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; 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