Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 152 > Subchapter IV > Part B - Energy Efficiency in Federal Agencies

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• department: means one of the executive departments enumerated in section 1 of Title 5, unless the context shows that such term was intended to describe the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the government. See 28 USC 451
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• United States: means the several States the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States. See 50 USC 1514
• 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