44 CFR § 4.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s4.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 4.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?"
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "4.2"
section_name: "What definitions apply to these regulations?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "4"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982 (47 FR 30959), as amended April 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); sec. 401, Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506); sec. 204, Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3334)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 29316, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4"
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# 4.2 What definitions apply to these regulations?
*Administrator* means the Administrator of FEMA or an official or employee of FEMA acting for the Administrator of FEMA under a delegation of authority.
*FEMA* means the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
*Order* means Executive Order 12372, issued July 14, 1982, and amended April 8, 1983 and titled “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.”
*State* means any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
[48 FR 29316, June 24, 1983, as amended at 74 FR 15332, Apr. 3, 2009]