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[CITE: 42USC7703]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 86--EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION
 
Sec. 7703. Definitions

    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
        (1) The term ``includes'' and variants thereof should be read as 
    if the phrase ``but is not limited to'' were also set forth.
        (2) The term ``Program'' means the National Earthquake Hazards 
    Reduction Program established under section 7704 of this title.
        (3) The term ``seismic'' and variants thereof mean having to do 
    with, or caused by earthquakes.
        (4) The term ``State'' means each of the States of the United 
    States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
    the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
    Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United 
    States.
        (5) The term ``United States'' means, when used in a 
    geographical sense, all of the States as defined in paragraph (4) of 
    this section.
        (6) The term ``lifelines'' means public works and utilities, 
    including transportation facilities and infrastructure, oil and gas 
    pipelines, electrical power and communication facilities, and water 
    supply and sewage treatment facilities.
        (7) The term ``Program agencies'' means the Federal Emergency 
    Management Agency, the United States Geological Survey, the National 
    Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and 
    Technology.

(Pub. L. 95-124, Sec. 4, Oct. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 1099; Pub. L. 101-614, 
Sec. 4, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3232.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Par. (2). Pub. L. 101-614, Sec. 4(1), amended par. (2) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``The term 
`program' means the earthquake hazards reduction program established 
under section 7704 of this title.''
    Pars. (6), (7). Pub. L. 101-614, Sec. 4(2), added pars. (6) and (7).
