15 U.S.C. § 9501: Definitions

The term “Agency” means the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce. The term “community-based organization” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of title 20 . a private sector entity; a public sector entity; or a Native entity; and includes an institution of higher education. The term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term “agency” in section 551 of title 5 . a HUBZone, as that term is defined in section 657a(b) of this title ; an empowerment zone under section 1391 of title 26 ; or a Promise Zone by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; or is a low or moderate income area, as determined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; a qualified opportunity zone, as that term is defined in section 1400Z–1 of title 26 ; or any other political subdivision or unincorporated area of a State determined by the Under Secretary to be an area of economic distress. The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of title 20 . is established by the Agency; and provides technical business assistance to minority business enterprises consistent with the requirements of this chapter. reflecting a relationship between the Agency and the recipient of a Federal assistance award that is the subject of the instrument; and that establishes the terms by which the recipient described in subparagraph (A) shall operate an MBDA Business Center. that is not less than 51 percent-owned by 1 or more socially or economically disadvantaged individuals; and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by 1 or more socially or economically disadvantaged individuals. the status of the business enterprise as a for-profit or not-for-profit enterprise; or the annual revenue of the business enterprise. a Tribal Government; an Alaska Native village or Regional or Village Corporation, as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); a Native Hawaiian organization, as that term is defined in section 7517 of title 20 ; the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. means an entity that is not a public sector entity; and the Federal Government; any Federal agency; or any instrumentality of the Federal Government. a State; an agency of a State; a political subdivision of a State; an agency of a political subdivision of a State; or a Native entity. The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce. that is not less than 51 percent owned by 1 or more socially or economically disadvantaged individuals; or that is socially or economically disadvantaged; or the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by 1 or more socially or economically disadvantaged individuals. The term “socially or economically disadvantaged individual” means an individual who has been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias (or the ability of whom to compete in the free enterprise system has been impaired due to diminished capital and credit opportunities, as compared to others in the same line of business and competitive market area) because of the identity of the individual as a member of a group, without regard to any individual quality of the individual that is unrelated to that identity. Black or African American; Hispanic or Latino; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; or a member of a group that the Agency determines under part 1400 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on November 23, 1984 , is a socially disadvantaged group eligible to receive assistance. capital access; Federal procurement; entrepreneurship; technology transfer; or any other area determined necessary or appropriate based on the priorities of the Agency. each of the States of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the United States Virgin Islands; Guam; American Samoa; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and each Tribal Government. The term “Tribal Government” means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of November 15, 2021 , pursuant to section 5131 of title 25 . The term “Under Secretary” means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development, who is appointed as described in section ___3(b) 1 to administer this chapter. 1 So in original. See References in Text note below.