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[CITE: 42USC12854]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
       SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP TRUST DEMONSTRATION
 
Sec. 12854. Definitions

    For purposes of this subchapter:

                       (1) Board of Directors

        The term ``Board of Directors'' or ``Board'' means the Board of 
    Directors of the National Homeownership Trust under section 12851(b) 
    of this title.

                       (2) Displaced homemaker

        The term ``displaced homemaker'' means an individual who--
            (A) is an adult;
            (B) has not worked full-time full-year in the labor force 
        for a number of years, but has during such years, worked 
        primarily without remuneration to care for the home and family; 
        and
            (C) is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing 
        difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment.

                              (3) Fund

        The term ``Fund'' means the National Homeownership Trust Fund 
    established in section 12853 of this title.

                          (4) Single parent

        The term ``single parent'' means an individual who--
            (A) is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse; and
            (B)(i) has 1 or more minor children for whom the individual 
        has custody or joint custody; or
            (ii) is pregnant.

                              (5) State

        The term ``State'' means the States of the United States, the 
    District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
    Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin 
    Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 
    and any other territory or possession of the United States.

                              (6) Trust

        The term ``Trust'' means the National Homeownership Trust 
    established in section 12851 of this title.

(Pub. L. 101-625, title III, Sec. 305, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4132.)

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.
