Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 13 > Chapter 5 > Subchapter III - Governments

• association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Energy. See 15 USC 5302
• educational institution: means a degree granting institution of at least a baccalaureate level. See 15 USC 5302
• industry: means the industries identified by codes numbered 3321, 3322, 3324, 3325, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, and 3369, in the Standard Industrial Classification manual ¹ published by the Office of Management and Budget in 1987. See 15 USC 5302
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Energy. See 15 USC 5302
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Commerce. See 13 USC 1
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. See 42 USC 201
• State: includes , in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. See 42 USC 201