eligible metropolitan area
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6 U.S.C. § 601 — in this subchapter
The term “eligible metropolitan area” means any of the 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States.
42 U.S.C. § 13271 — for the purposes of this subchapter (2 versions over time)
the term “eligible metropolitan area” means any Metropolitan Area (as such term is defined by the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to section 3504 of title 44) with a 1980 population of 250,000 or more that has been designated by a proposer and the Secretary for a demonstration project under this subchapter, except that the Secretary may designate an area with a 1990 population of 50,000 or more as an eligible metropolitan area;