31 CFR § 51.2 Definitions.
As used in this part (except where the context clearly indicates
otherwise, or where the term is otherwise defined elsewhere
in this part) the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Act means the Revenue Sharing Act (31 U.S.C. 6701-6724)
as amended by the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Amendments
of 1983 (Pub. L. 98-185 enacted November 30, 1983).
(b) Allocation means the amount determined by formula to be
a State area or recipient government's portion of the Revenue
Sharing appropriation for an entitlement period.
(c) Department means the Department of the Treasury.
(d) Director means the Director of the Office of Revenue Sharing.
(e) Entitlement means the amount a recipient government is
scheduled to receive during the entitlement period, determined
from adjustments made to the allocation for under or overpayments
in prior periods.
(f) Entitlement funds means the amount of Revenue Sharing
payments to which a unit of local government is entitled as
determined by the Director pursuant to the allocation formula
contained in the Act and as established by regulations under
this part, including the interest earned on entitlement funds
deposited in financial institutions prior to their use, obligation
or appropriation.
(g) Entitlement period means one of the following periods
of time:
(1) Entitlement Period One is the 6-month period beginning
January 1, 1972, and ending June 30, 1972.
(2) Entitlement Period Two is the 6-month period beginning
July 1, 1972, and ending December 31, 1972.
(3) Entitlement Period Three is the 6-month period beginning
January 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1973.
(4) Entitlement Period Four is the Federal fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1974.
(5) Entitlement Period Five is the Federal fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1974, and ending June 30, 1975.
(6) Entitlement Period Six is the Federal fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1975, and ending June 30, 1976.
(7) Entitlement Period Seven is the 6-month period beginning
July 1, 1976, and ending December 31, 1976.
(8) Entitlement Period Eight is the 9-month period beginning
January 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 1977.
(9) Entitlement Period Nine is the Federal fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 1978.
(10) Entitlement Period Ten is the Federal fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1978, and ending September 30, 1979.
(11) Entitlement Period Eleven is the Federal fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1979, and ending September 30, 1980.
(12) Entitlement Period Twelve is the Federal fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1980, and ending September 30, 1981.
(13) Entitlement Period Thirteen is the Federal fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1981, and ending September 30, 1982.
(14) Entitlement Period Fourteen is the Federal fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1982, and ending September 30, 1983.
(15) Entitlement Period Fifteen is the Federal fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1983, and ending September 30, 1984.
(16) Entitlement Period Sixteen is the Federal fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1984, and ending September 30, 1985.
(17) Entitlement Period Seventeen is the Federal fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1985, and ending September 30, 1986.
(h) Funded means entitlement funds have been or are being
made available for expenditure in or substantially benefited
a program or activity of a recipient government or a secondary
recipient.
(i) Governor means the Governor of any of the 50 State governments
or the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(j) Indian tribes or Alaskan native villages means an Indian
tribe and Alaskan native village which has a recognized governing
body and which performs substantial governmental functions.
Certification to the Director by the Secretary of the Interior
(or by the Governor of a State in the case of a State affiliated
tribe) that an Indian tribe or an Alaskan native village has
a recognized governing body and performs substantial governmental
functions, shall constitute prima facie evidence of that fact.
(k) Lobbying means the personal solicitation of members of
a legislative body by representatives of the recipient government
or their agents for the purpose of influencing pending or proposed
legislation regarding the provisions of the Act.
(l) Program or activity means the operations of the agency
or organizational unit of a recipient government or the operations
or organizational unit of a secondary recipient funded with
entitlement funds (examples include, but are not limited to
a police department, department of corrections, health department,
or a division of a public or private corporation).
(m) Recipient government means a State government or unit
of local government, the District of Columbia, Indian tribe,
Alaskan native village, as defined in this section, or the office
of the separate law enforcement officer for any parish in the
State of Louisiana, other than the Parish of Orleans, which
directly receives entitlement funds, except as otherwise provided.
(n) Secondary recipient means:
(1) Any State government, unit of local government, any political
subdivision of any State or local government, any public or
private agency, institution, organization or other entity which
receives entitlement funds, in whole or in part, from a recipient
government either:
(i) By a contract or other arrangement pursuant to which such
other entity shall conduct, deliver or otherwise participate
or assist in the conduct or delivery of a program or activity
of the recipient government;
(ii) By a grant or other arrangement with the recipient government
intended to provide financial assistance to such other entity
under a program or activity.
(2) Secondary recipient shall not include a construction contractor
or any other private or governmental entity from which a recipient
government only acquires real or personal property (e.g. supplies,
equipment and materials) by such means as purchasing, renting,
leasing, or bartering. Secondary recipient also shall not include
persons who are the ultimate beneficiaries of a recipient government's
programs or activities.
(o) Secretary means the Secretary of the Treasury.
(p) Specific economic dislocation means economic distress
in the area of a local government which causes the closing of
places of employment, declines in assessed values or receipt
of taxes from real property, declines in sales, income, or other
tax collections of that local government. The decrease in tax
collections must also reduce the allocation of that unit of
local government by an amount equal to or greater than 20 percent
of its allocation for the preceding entitlement period in order
to justify the economic dislocation benefit for the local government.
(q) State government means the government of any of the 50
State governments or the District of Columbia.
(r) Unit of local government means the government of a county,
municipality, or township which is a unit of general government
as determined by the Bureau of the Census for general statistical
purposes. The term ``unit of local government'' shall also include
the recognized governing body of an Indian tribe or Alaskan
native village which performs substantial governmental functions.
The District of Columbia, in addition to being treated as the
sole unit of local government within its geographic area is
considered a State.
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