[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR6.3]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 6_NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 6.3  Definitions.

    The terms Department, HUD, and Secretary are defined in 24 CFR part 
5. Other terms used in this part 6 are defined as follows:
    Act means the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 5301-5320).
    Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity.
    Award Official means the HUD official who has been delegated the 
Secretary's authority to implement a Title I funded program and to make 
grants under that program.
    Complete complaint means a written statement that contains the 
complainant's name and address, identifies the Recipient against which 
the complaint is made, and describes the Recipient's alleged 
discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform HUD of the nature 
and date of the alleged violation of section 109. It shall be signed by 
the complainant or by someone authorized to do so on his or her behalf. 
Complaints filed on behalf of classes or third parties shall describe or 
identify (by name, if possible) the alleged victims of discrimination.
    Federal financial assistance means: (1) Any assistance made 
available under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, as amended, and includes income generated from such assistance, 
and any grant, loan, contract, or any other arrangement, in the form of:
    (i) Funds;
    (ii) Services of Federal personnel; or
    (iii) Real or personal property or any interest in or use of such 
property, including:
    (A) Transfers or leases of the property for less than fair market 
value or for reduced consideration; and
    (B) Proceeds from a subsequent transfer or lease of the property if 
the Federal share of its fair market value is not returned to the 
Federal Government.
    (2) Any assistance in the form of proceeds from loans guaranteed 
under section 108 of the Act, but does not include assistance made 
available through direct Federal procurement contracts or any other 
contract of insurance or guaranty.
    Program or activity (funded in whole or in part) means all of the 
operations of--
    (1)(i) A department, agency, special purpose district, or other 
instrumentality of a State or local government; or

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    (ii) The entity of a State or local government that distributes 
Federal financial assistance, and each department or agency (and each 
State or local government entity) to which the assistance is extended, 
in the case of assistance to a State or local government;
    (2)(i) A college, university, or other post-secondary institution, 
or a public system of higher education; or
    (ii) A local educational agency (as defined in section 198(a)(10) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), system of 
vocational education or other school system;
    (3)(i) An entire corporation, partnership, or other private 
organization, or an entire sole proprietorship--
    (A) If assistance is extended to the corporation, partnership, 
private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; or
    (B) Which is principally engaged in the business of providing 
education, health care, housing, social services, or parks and 
recreation; or
    (ii) The entire plant or other comparable, geographically separate 
facility to which Federal financial assistance is extended, in the case 
of any other corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole 
proprietorship; or
    (4) Any other entity that is described in paragraphs (1), (2), or 
(3) of this definition, any part of which is extended Federal financial 
assistance.
    Recipient means any State, political subdivision of any State, or 
instrumentality of any State or political subdivision; any public or 
private agency, institution, organization, or other entity; or any 
individual, in any State, to whom Federal financial assistance is 
extended, directly or through another Recipient, for any program or 
activity, or who otherwise participates in carrying out such program or 
activity, including any successor, assign, or transferee thereof. 
Recipient does not include any ultimate beneficiary under any program or 
activity.
    Responsible Official means the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity or his or her designee.
    Section 109 means section 109 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended.
    Title I means title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301-5321).