Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 119 > Subchapter III > Part A - Administrative Provisions

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Archivist: means the Archivist of the United States. See 44 USC 2901
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• construction project agreement: means a negotiated agreement between the Secretary and an Indian tribe, that at a minimum&mdash. See 25 USC 5381
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal agency: means any executive agency or any establishment in the legislative or judicial branch of the Government (except the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol and any activities under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol). See 44 USC 2901
• Indian tribe: as used in this subchapter shall include such other authorized Indian tribe, inter-tribal consortium, or tribal organization. See 25 USC 5381
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• inherent Federal functions: means those Federal functions which cannot legally be delegated to Indian tribes. See 25 USC 5381
• inter-tribal consortium: means a coalition of two ¹ more separate Indian tribes that join together for the purpose of participating in self-governance, including tribal organizations. See 25 USC 5381
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• National Archives of the United States: means those official records which have been determined by the Archivist of the United States to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant their continued preservation by the Federal Government, and which have been accepted by the Archivist for deposit in the Archivist's custody. See 44 USC 2901
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• records: has the meaning given it by section 3301 of this title. See 44 USC 2901
• records creation: means the production or reproduction of any record. See 44 USC 2901
• records disposition: means any activity with respect to&mdash. See 44 USC 2901
• records maintenance and use: means any activity involving&mdash. See 44 USC 2901
• records management: means the planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities involved with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition in order to achieve adequate and proper documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government and effective and economical management of agency operations. See 44 USC 2901
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. See 25 USC 5381
• self-governance: means the program of self-governance established under section 5382 of this title. See 25 USC 5381
• servicing: means making available for use information in records and other materials in the custody of the Archivist, or in a records center&mdash. See 44 USC 2901
• 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
• unauthenticated copies: means exact copies or reproductions of records or other materials that are not certified as such under seal and that need not be legally accepted as evidence. See 44 USC 2901