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000195 10 PART IV: DEFINITIONS Terms used in this Circular will have the following meanings: 1. Federal altencv -- any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch of the Government and any wholly owned Government corporation. 2. State -- any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of a State, but does not include the gov- ernments of the political subdivisions of the State. 3. Political subdivision or local ltovernment -- a local unit of govern- ment, including specifically a county, municipality, city, town, township, or s school or other special district created by or pursuant to State law. 4. Unit of lteneral local ltovernment -- any city, county, town, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State. 5. Special-purpose unit of local ltovernment -- any special district, public-purpose corporation, or other strictly limited purpose political subdivision of a State, but shall not include a school district. 6. Grant or ltrant-in-aid -- money, or property provided in lieu of money, paid or furnished by the United States under a fixed annual or aggregate authorization-- a. To a State; or b. To a political subdivision of a State; or c. To a beneficiary under a plan or program, administered by a State or a political subdivision of a State, which is subject to approval by a Federal agency. If such authorization either-- (1) Requires the States or political subdivisions to expend non- Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of money or property from the United States; or (2) Specifies directly, or establishes by means of a formula, the amounts which may be paid or furnished to States or political sub- divisions, or the amounts to be allotted for use in each of the States by the States, political subdivisions or other beneficiaries. (No. A-95)