Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 127 > Subchapter II - White House Conference On Children, Youth, and Families

• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under section 12311 of this title. See 42 USC 12302
• Council: means the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under section 12314(a) of this title. See 42 USC 12302
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. See 42 USC 12302
• State: includes the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. See 42 USC 12302