440 



4212. Deposit of grants-in-aid. 



4213. Scheduling of Federal transfers to the States. 



4214. Eligible State agency. 



SUBCHAPTER III.— SPECIAL OR TECHNICAL SERV- 

 ICES PROVIDED FOR STATE AND LOCAL UNITS 

 OF GOVERNMENT BY FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND 

 AGENCIES 



4221. Statement of purpose. 



4222. Authority to provide service. 



4223. Reimbursement of appropriation. 



4224. Reports to Congress. 



4225. Reservation of existing authority. 



SUBCHAPTER IV —DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PRO- 

 GRAMS; COORDINATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL 

 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 



4231. Declaration of development assistance policy. 



4232. Favoring units of general local government. 



4233. Rules and regulations. 



SUBCHAPTER v.— REVIEW OF FEDERAL GRANT-IN- 

 AID PROGRAMS 



4241. Congressional review of grant-in-aid programs. 



4242. Studies by Comptroller General of Federal grant- 



in-aid programs; reports to Congress. 



4243. . Studies by Advisory Commission on Intergovern- 



mental Relations: report to Congress. 



4244. Preservation of House and Senate committee 



Jurisdiction. 



SUBCHAPTER I.— GENERAL PROVISIONS 



§4201. Definitions. 

 When used in this chapter — 



(1) The term "Federal agency" means any depart- 

 ment, agency, or instrumentality in the executive 

 branch of the Government and any wholly owned 

 Government corporation. 



(2) The term "State" means any of the several 

 States of the United States, the District of Colum- 

 bia, Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the 

 United States, or any agency or instrumentality of 

 a State, but does not include the governments of 

 the political subdivisions of the State. 



(3) The term "political subdivision" or "local gov- 

 ernment" means a local unit of government, includ- 

 ing specifically a county, municipality, city, town, 

 township, or a school or other special district created 

 by or pursuant to State law. 



(4) "Unit of general local government" means any 

 city, coimty, town, parish, village, or other general 

 purpose political subdivision of a State. 



(5) "Special-purpose unit of local government" 

 means any special district, public-purpose corpora- 

 tion, or other strictly limited -purpose political sub- 

 division of a State, but shall not include a school 

 dictrict. 



(6) The tenvi "grant" or "grant-in-aid" means 

 money, or property provided in lieu of money, paid 

 or furnished by the United States under a fixed an- 

 nual or aggregate authorization — 



(A) to a State; or 



(B) to a political subdivision of a State: or 



(C) to a beneficiary under a plan or program, 

 administered by a^State or a political subdivision 

 of a State, which is subject to approval by a Fed- 

 eral agency; 



if such authorization either (1) requires the States or 

 political subdivisions to expend non-Federal funds as 



a condition for the receipt of money or property from 

 the United States: or (ii) specifies directly, or 

 establishes by means of a formula, the amounts 

 which may be paid or furnished to States or political 

 subdivisions, or the amounts to be allotted for use in 

 each of the States by the States, political subdivi- 

 sions, or other beneficiaries. The term also includes 

 money, or property provided in lieu of money, paid 

 and furnished by the United States to any com- 

 munity action agency under the Economic Oppor- 

 tunity Act of 1964, as amended. The term does not 

 include (1) shared revenues; (2) payments of taxes; 

 (3) payments in lieu of taxes; (4) loans or repay- 

 able advances; (5) surplus property or surplus agri- 

 cultural commodities furnished as such; (6) pay- 

 ments under research and development contracts or 

 grants which are awarded directly and on similar 

 terms to all qualifying organizations, whether public 

 or private; or (7) payments to States or political 

 subdivisions as full reimbursement for the costs in- 

 curred In paying benefits or furnishing services to 

 persons entitled thereto under Federal laws. 



(7) The term "Federal assistance", "Federal fi- 

 nancial assistance", "Federal assistance programs", 

 or "federally assisted programs", means programs 

 that provide assistance through grant or contrac- 

 tual arrangements, and includes technical assistance 

 programs or programs providing assistance in the 

 form of loans, loan guarantees, or insurance. The 

 term does not include any annual payment by the 

 United States to the District of Columbia authorized 

 by article VI of the District of Columbia Revenue 

 Act of 1947 (DC. Code sees. 47-2501a and 47-2501b). 



(8) "Specialized or technical services" means 

 statistical and other studies and compilations, de- 

 velopment projects, technical tests and evaluations, 

 technical information, training activities, surveys, 

 reports, documents, and any other similar service 

 functions which any department or agency of the 

 executive branch of the Federal Government is espe- 

 cially equipped and authorized by law to perform. 



(9) "Comprehensive planning" includes the fol- 

 lowing, to the extent directly related to area needs 

 or needs of a unit of general local government: (A) 

 preparation, as a guide for governmental policies and 

 action, of general plans with respect to (i) the pat- 

 tern and intensity of land use. (ii) the provision of 

 public facilities (including transportation facilities) 

 and other government services, and (iii) the effective 

 development and utilization of human and natural 

 resources; (B) long-range physical and fiscal plans 

 for such action; (C) programing of capital improve- 

 ments and other major expenditures, based on a de- 

 termination of relative urgency, together with de- 

 finitive financing plans for such expenditures in the 

 earlier years of the program; (D) coordination of all 

 related plans and activities of the State and local 

 governments and agencies concerned; and (E) prep- 

 aration of regulatory and administrative measures 

 in support of the foregoing. 



(10 > The term "head of a Federal agency" or 

 "head of a State agency" includes a duly designated 

 delegate of such agency head. (Pub L. 90-577, title I, 

 §§ 101— UO, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1098—1101.) 



