§ 306101 Assumption of responsibility for preservation of historic property
§ 306102 Preservation program
§ 306103 Recordation of historic property prior to alteration or demolition
§ 306104 Agency Preservation Officer
§ 306105 Agency programs and projects
§ 306106 Review of plans of transferees of surplus federally owned historic property
§ 306107 Planning and actions to minimize harm to National Historic Landmarks
§ 306108 Effect of undertaking on historic property
§ 306109 Costs of preservation as eligible project costs
§ 306110 Annual preservation awards program
§ 306111 Environmental impact statement
§ 306112 Waiver of provisions in event of natural disaster or imminent threat to national security
§ 306113 Anticipatory demolition
§ 306114 Documentation of decisions respecting undertakings
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 54 > Subtitle III > Chapter 3061 > Subchapter I - In General

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3