# § 12302. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
**(1)** **Commissioner** section 12311 of this title
The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under .
**(2)** **Council** section 12314(a) of this title
The term “Council” means the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under .
**(3)** **Nonprofit** The term “‘nonprofit”, as applied to any agency, institution, or organization, means an agency, institution, or organization that is, or is owned and operated by, one or more corporations or associations, no part of the net earnings of which may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
**(4)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(5)** **State** The term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
**(6)** **Young individual** The term “young individual” means any child or youth from birth to 21 years of age.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 903, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1262.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under .
## Executive Documents
### Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.