Pub. L. 82-139, tit. III, sec. 315

Sec. 315. As used in this title, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them below, and, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall include the plural as well as the singular number: (a) “State” shall mean the several States, the District of Columbia, and Territories, and possessions of the United States. (b) “Federal agency” shall mean any executive department or officer (including the President), independent establishment, Commission, board, bureau, division, or office in the executive branch of the United States Government, or other agency of the United States, including corporations in which the United States owns all or a majority of the stock, directly or indirectly. (c) “Community facility” shall mean waterworks, sewers, sewage, garbage and refuse disposal facilities, police and fire protection facilities, public sanitary facilities, works for treatment and purification of water, libraries, hospitals and other places for the care of the sick, recreational facilities, streets and roads, and daycare centers. (d) “Community service” shall mean the maintenance and operation of facilities for health, refuse disposal, sewage treatment, recreation, water purification, and daycare centers, and the provision of fire-protection. (e) “National defense” shall mean (1) the operations and activities of the armed forces, the Atomic Energy Commission, or any other Government department or agency directly or indirectly and substantially concerned with the national defense, (2) other operations and activities directly or indirectly and substantially concerned with the operations and activities of the armed forces and the Atomic Energy Commission, or (3) activities in connection with the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended. (f) “Nonprofit agency” shall mean any agency no part of the net-earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual. 65 Stat. 310 (g) “Project” shall mean housing or community facilities acquired, developed, or constructed with financial assistance pursuant to this title. (h) “Veteran” shall mean a person, or the family of a person, who has served in the active military or naval service of the United States at any time (i) on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to July 26, 1947, (ii) on or after April 6, 1917, and prior to November 11, 1918, or (iii) on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date thereafter as shall be determined by the President, and who shall have been discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable or who shall be still serving therein. The term shall also include the family of a person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States within any such period and who shall have died of causes determined by the Veterans’ Administration to have been service-connected.