45 CFR § 660.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s660.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 660.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "660.2"
section_name: "What definitions apply to these regulations?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "660"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 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 Apr. 8, 1983 (48 FR 15887); and sec. 401 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 and as amended (31 U.S.C. 6506)."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 29365, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "660"
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# 660.2 What definitions apply to these regulations?
*Foundation* means the National Science Foundation.
*Order* means Executive Order 12372, issued July 14, 1982, and amended April 8, 1983 and titled “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.”
*Director* means the Director of the National Science Foundation or an official or employee of the Foundation acting for the Director under a delegation of authority.
*State* means any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.