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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73

§3501 Definitions

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART A— - GENERAL › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - NON-FEDERAL PUBLIC WORKS › § 3501

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines three key words used in the chapter. Public agency means a State government or any public body or local government inside a State. Public works means public construction or projects but does not include housing. State includes any U.S. State and these places: the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, and any U.S. territory or possession.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §3501

Public Buildings, Property, and Works — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)The term “public agency” means a State or a public agency or political subdivision of a State.
(2)The term “public works” includes any public works other than housing.
(3)The term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, and any territory or possession of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 350140:460.Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title VII, § 703, 68 Stat. 641; Pub. L. 90–19, § 10(d), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 22; Pub. L. 93–383, title IV, § 401(c), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 691. In this section, the text of 40:460(2) is omitted as unnecessary because the complete name of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is used the first time the term appears in a section. In clause (1), the words “or ‘public agencies’ ” are omitted as unnecessary because of 1:1. In clause (3), the words “Guam, the Virgin Islands” are added to clarify that the provisions of the source law apply to those jurisdictions. The words “the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau” are substituted for “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands” because of the termination of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. See 48:1681 note prec.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 3501

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73