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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§11351 Definitions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 119 — HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM › Part C — General Provisions › § 11351

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this part. The Director is the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. An emergency shelter is a place, or part of a place, used to provide short-term housing. Local government is a general-purpose local government unit. Locality is the area inside a local government's jurisdiction. National Board is the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board. A private nonprofit organization is one that does not give its net earnings to private individuals, has a volunteer board, keeps financial records or names a fiscal agent under rules set by the Director, and does not discriminate when giving assistance. State includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other U.S. territory or possession.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §11351

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For purposes of this subchapter:
(1)The term “Director” means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2)The term “emergency shelter” means a facility all or a part of which is used or designed to be used to provide temporary housing.
(3)The term “local government” means a unit of general purpose local government.
(4)The term “locality” means the geographical area within the jurisdiction of a local government.
(5)The term “National Board” means the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board.
(6)The term “private nonprofit organization” means an organization—
(A)no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual;
(B)that has a voluntary board;
(C)that has an accounting system, or has designated a fiscal agent in accordance with requirements established by the Director; and
(D)that practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance.
(7)The term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” substituted for “Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” in par. (1) on authority of section 612(c) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of Title 6, Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of Pub. L. 109–295 or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until Mar. 31, 2007, see section 612(f)(2) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of Title 6.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11351

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102