{"identifier":"/us/usc/t31/s6101","title":31,"num":"\u00a7\u202f6101.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f6101.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cadministering office\u201d means the lowest unit of an agency responsible for managing a domestic assistance program.\n(2) \u201cagency\u201d has the same meaning given that term in\nsection 551(1) of title 5\n(3) \u201cassistance\u201d\u2014\n(A) means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, including\u2014\n(i) financial assistance;\n(ii) United States Government facilities, services, and property; and\n(iii) expert and technical information; and\n(B) does not include conventional public information services or procurement of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Government.\n(4) \u201cdomestic assistance program\u201d\u2014\n(A) means assistance from an agency for\u2014\n(i) a State;\n(ii) the District of Columbia;\n(iii) a territory or possession of the United States;\n(iv) a county;\n(v) a city;\n(vi) a political subdivision or instrumentality of a governmental authority listed in subclauses (i)\u2013(v) of this clause (A);\n(vii) a domestic corporation;\n(viii) a domestic institution; 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