25 C.F.R. § 256.2
As used in this part:
Agency means the organizational unit of BIA that provides services to or with the governing body or bodies and members of one or more specified Indian tribes.
Appeal means a written request for review of an action or inaction of an official of BIA that is claimed to adversely affect the interested party making the request, as provided in part 2 of this chapter.
Applicant means an individual(s) filing an application for services under the HIP.
BIA means the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior.
Category A means the HIP funding category for minor repair not to exceed limits in § 256.7 of this part.
Category B means the HIP funding category for renovation not to exceed limits in § 256.7 of this part.
Category C-1 means the HIP funding category to replace a house that cannot be brought up to standard housing condition for $60,000 or less.
Category C-2 means the HIP funding category for building new housing as defined in § 256.13(g)(1)-(5) .
Category D means the HIP funding category for assistance as defined in § 256.11(a)-(c) .
Certificate of Title or Ownership means a document giving legal right to a house constructed with HIP funds.
Child means a person under the age of 18 or such other age of majority as is established for purposes of parental support by tribal or state law (if any) applicable to the person at his or her residence, except that no person who has been emancipated by marriage can be deemed a child.
Cost effective means the cost of the project is within the cost limits for the category of assistance and adds sufficient years of service to the house to satisfy the recipient's housing needs.
Dilapidated housing means a house which in its present condition endangers the life, health, or safety of the residents.
Disabled means having a physical or intellectual impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
Family means one or more persons living within a household.
Homeless means being without a home.
House means a building for human habitation that serves as living quarters for one or more families.
Household means persons living with the head of household who may be related or unrelated to the head of household and who function as members of a family.
Independent trades person means any person licensed to perform work in a particular vocation pertaining to building construction.
Indian means any person who is a member of any federally recognized Indian tribe.
Indian tribe means an Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to Public Law 103-454 , 108 Stat. 4791.
Overcrowding means a number of occupants per house that exceeds limits identified in § 256.10(d) .
Permanent members of household means adults living in the household who intend to live there continuously and any children who meet the definition of child in this part.
Regional Director means the officer in charge of a BIA regional office or his/her authorized delegate.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
Service area means any of the following within a geographical area designated by the tribe and approved by the Regional Director to which services can be delivered:
Servicing housing office means the tribal housing office or bureau housing office administering the HIP.
Standard housing means a house that meets the definition of standard housing condition in this part.
Standard housing condition means meets applicable building codes within that region and meets each of the following conditions:
Substandard housing means any house that does not meet the definition of standard housing condition in this part.
Superintendent means the BIA official in charge of an agency office.
25 C.F.R. §256.2