42 USC 12302 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1) Commissioner 
The term Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under section 12311 of this title.
(2) Council 
The term Council means the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under section 12314 (a) of this title.
(3) Nonprofit 
The term nonprofit">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.