{"identifier":"/us/usc/t39/s3702","title":39,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3702.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f3702.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cnonpostal services\u201d is limited to services offered by the Postal Service that are expressly authorized by this chapter and are not postal products or services;\n(2) the term \u201ccosts attributable\u201d has the meaning given such term in section 3631;\n(3) the term \u201cyear\u201d means a fiscal year;\n(4) the term \u201clocal government\u201d means a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments, or regional or interstate government entity;\n(5) the term \u201cState government\u201d includes the government of 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;\n(6) the term \u201ctribal government\u201d means the government of an Indian tribe, as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (\n25 U.S.C. 5304\n(7) the term \u201cUnited States\u201d, when used in a geographical sense, means the 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t39/s3702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cnonpostal services\u201d is limited to services offered by the Postal Service that are expressly authorized by this chapter and are not postal products or services;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201ccosts attributable\u201d has the meaning given such term in section 3631;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cyear\u201d means a fiscal year;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201clocal government\u201d means a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments, or regional or interstate government entity;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cState government\u201d includes the government of 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;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201ctribal government\u201d means the government of an Indian tribe, as that term is defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"25 U.S.C. 5304","href":"/us/usc/t25/s5304","tail":"); and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s3702/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cUnited States\u201d, when used in a geographical sense, means the 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}