DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. As used in this title, the term— (1) “Commission” means the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission established pursuant to Public Law 100–460; (2) “Delta Initiatives Report” means the May 14, 1990 Final Report of the Commission entitled “The Delta Initiatives: Realizing the Dream ... Fulfilling the Potential”; (3) “Delta Region” means the Lower Mississippi Delta Region including the 219 counties and parishes within the States of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee, as defined in the Delta Initiatives Report, except that, for any State for which the Delta Region as defined in such report comprises more than half of the geographic area of such State, the entire State shall be considered part of the Delta Region for purposes of this title; (4) “Department” means the United States Department of the Interior, unless otherwise specifically stated; (5) “Historically Black College or University” means a college or university that would be considered a “part B institution” by section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)); (6) “minority college or university” means a Historically Black College or University that would be considered a “part B institution” by section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) or a “minority institution” as that term is defined in section 1046 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d–5(3)); (7) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, unless otherwise specifically stated.