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[CITE: 42USC8401a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 92--POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE
 
                   SUBCHAPTER VI--FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 8401a. ``Local government'' defined

    For the purposes of section 8401 of this title, the term ``local 
government'' shall include--
        (1) any county, parish, city, town, township, village or other 
    general purpose political subdivision of a State with the power to 
    levy taxes and expend Federal, State, and local funds and exercise 
    governmental powers; and
        (2) which (in whole or in part) is located in, or has authority 
    over the energy impacted area: Provided further, That such term 
    shall include a public or private nonprofit corporation, or a 
    school, water, sewer, highway, or other public special purpose 
    district, authority, or body, with the concurrence of the Governor: 
    Provided further, That such term shall be applicable to all 
    applications for assistance received since the effective date of 
    section 8401 of this title.

(Pub. L. 96-514, title II, Sec. 201, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2975.)

                       References in Text

    For effective date of section 8401 of this title, referred to in 
par. (2), see section 901 of Pub. L. 95-620, set out as an Effective 
Date note under section 8301 of this title.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1981, and not as part of the 
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 which comprises this 
chapter.
