40 USC § 18101 - Definitions

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title: "40 USC § 18101 - Definitions"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "18101"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 181
chapter_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESSIBILITY FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1290.)"
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# § 18101. Definitions

In this chapter—

**(1)** **Federal agency.—** The term “federal agency” has the same meaning given that term in section 102 of this title.

**(2)** **TTY.—** The term “TTY” means a text-telephone used in the transmission of coded signals through the nationwide telecommunications system.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1290.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 18101 | 40:762. | Pub. L. 100–542, § 2, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2721. |