Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 22 > Chapter 24 > Subchapter I - General and Administrative Provisions

• Advisory Committee: means the Advisory Committee established under section 7704(a)(5) of this title. See 42 USC 7703
• Chairman: means the Chairman of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies. See 22 USC 262r
• Congressional Record: The substantially verbatim account of daily proceedings in Congress. It is printed for each day Congress is in session. At the back of each daily issue is the "Daily Digest," which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities.
• 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.
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Program: means the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program established under section 7704 of this title. See 42 USC 7703
• 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
• United States: means , when used in a geographical sense, all of the States as defined in paragraph (4). See 42 USC 7703