42 USC § 11317 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s11317"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 11317 - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "11317"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 119
chapter_name: "HOMELESS ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–77, title II, § 207, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 489; Pub. L. 108–199, div. G, title II, § 216(4), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 394.)"
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# § 11317. Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter:

**(1)** The term “Council” means the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness established in section 11311 of this title.

**(2)** The term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term “agency” in section 551(1) of title 5.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–77, title II, § 207, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 489; Pub. L. 108–199, div. G, title II, § 216(4), Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 394.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Par. (1).  substituted “United States Interagency Council on Homelessness” for “Interagency Council on the Homeless”.