{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s4762","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4762.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f4762.\nDefinitions\nFor the purpose of this chapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cOffice\u201d means the Office of Personnel Management;\n(2) \u201cFederal agency\u201d means an executive department, military department, independent establishment, or agency in the executive branch of the Government of the United States, including Government owned or controlled corporations;\n(3) \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and a territory or possession of the United States, and includes interstate and Federal-interstate agencies but does not include the governments of the political subdivisions of a State;\n(4) \u201clocal government\u201d means a city, town, county, or other subdivision or district of a State, including agencies, instrumentalities, and authorities of any of the foregoing and any combination of such units or combination of such units and a State. A \u201cgeneral local government\u201d means a city, town, county, or comparable general-purpose political subdivision of a State; and\n(5) Notwithstanding the population requirements of sections 4723(a) and 4743(c) of this title, a \u201clocal government\u201d and a \u201cgeneral local government\u201d also mean the recognized governing body of an Indian tribe, band, pueblo, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village, as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (\n85 Stat. 688\n43 U.S.C. 1601","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s4762.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4762","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4762."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4762/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cOffice\u201d means the Office of Personnel Management;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4762/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cFederal agency\u201d means an executive department, military department, independent establishment, or agency in the executive branch of the Government of the United States, including Government owned or controlled corporations;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4762/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and a territory or possession of the United States, and includes interstate and Federal-interstate agencies but does not include the governments of the political subdivisions of a State;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4762/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201clocal government\u201d means a city, town, county, or other subdivision or district of a State, including agencies, instrumentalities, and authorities of any of the foregoing and any combination of such units or combination of such units and a State. A \u201cgeneral local government\u201d means a city, town, county, or comparable general-purpose political subdivision of a State; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4762/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" Notwithstanding the population requirements of sections 4723(a) and 4743(c) of this title, a \u201clocal government\u201d and a \u201cgeneral local government\u201d also mean the recognized governing body of an Indian tribe, band, pueblo, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village, as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"85 Stat. 688","href":"/us/stat/85/688","tail":") ["},{"t":"ref","text":"43 U.S.C. 1601","href":"/us/usc/t43/s1601","tail":" et seq.], which performs substantial governmental functions. The requirements of sections 4723(c) and 4743(d) of this title, relating to reviews by the Governor of a State, do not apply to grant applications from the governing body of an Indian tribe, although nothing in this chapter is intended to discourage or prohibit voluntary communication and cooperation between Indian tribes and State and local governments."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}