Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110
§3501 Definitions
Title 40 › SUBTITLE II — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › PART A — GENERAL › CHAPTER 35 — NON-FEDERAL PUBLIC WORKS › § 3501
Summary
Defines key terms. Public agency is a State, a state agency, or a local government. Public works are public projects except housing. State means any U.S. State, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories and possessions.
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Title 40, §3501
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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1)Public agency.—
The term “public agency” means a State or a public agency or political subdivision of a State.
(2)Public works.—
The term “public works” includes any public works other than housing.
(3)State.—
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.
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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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40 U.S.C. § 3501
Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110