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[CITE: 42USC2992c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 34--ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
 
                SUBCHAPTER VIII--NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 2992c. Definitions

    As used in this subchapter, the term--
        (1) ``financial assistance'' includes assistance advanced by 
    grant, agreement, or contract, but does not include the procurement 
    of plant or equipment, or goods or services;
        (2) ``Indian reservation or Alaska Native village'' includes the 
    reservation of any federally or State recognized Indian tribe, 
    including any band, nation, pueblo, or rancheria, any former 
    reservation in Oklahoma, and community under the jurisdiction of an 
    Indian tribe, including a band, nation, pueblo, or rancheria, with 
    allotted lands or lands subject to a restriction against alienation 
    imposed by the United States or a State, and any lands of or under 
    the jurisdiction of an Alaska Native village or group, including any 
    lands selected by Alaska Natives or Alaska Native organizations 
    under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
    seq.];
        (3) ``Native Hawaiian'' means any individual any of whose 
    ancestors were natives of the area which consists of the Hawaiian 
    Islands prior to 1778;
        (4) the term ``rule'' has the meaning given it in section 551(4) 
    of title 5, as amended from time to time;
        (5) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and Human 
    Services; and
        (6) the term ``Native American Pacific Islander'' means an 
    individual who is indigenous to a United States territory or 
    possession located in the Pacific Ocean, and includes such 
    individual while residing in the United States.

(Pub. L. 88-452, title VIII, Sec. 815, formerly Sec. 813, as added Pub. 
L. 93-644, Sec. 11, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2327; amended Pub. L. 98-558, 
title X, Sec. 1004, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2906; renumbered Sec. 815 
and amended Pub. L. 100-175, title V, Secs. 502(2), 503(b), Nov. 29, 
1987, 101 Stat. 973, 975; Pub. L. 102-375, title VIII, Sec. 822(21), 
Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1300; Pub. L. 102-497, Sec. 9(b), Oct. 24, 
1992, 106 Stat. 3257; Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 5(6), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 
Stat. 1992.)

                       References in Text

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (2), is 
Pub. L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1993--Par. (2). Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 5(6)(A), substituted 
``selected by Alaska Natives'' for ``selected by Alaskan Natives''.
    Par. (4). Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 5(6)(B), inserted semicolon at end.
    1992--Par. (2). Pub. L. 102-375 substituted ``Alaska Native 
village'' for ``Alaskan Native village'' in two places and ``Alaska 
Native organizations'' for ``Alaskan Native organizations''.
    Par. (6). Pub. L. 102-497 added par. (6).
    1987--Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 503(b), added par. (4) 
and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
    1984--Par. (4). Pub. L. 98-558 added par. (4).


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-175 effective Oct. 1, 1987, see section 
701(a) of Pub. L. 100-175, set out as a note under section 3001 of this 
title.
