eligible applicant
Defined in 14 places across 7 titles of the United States Code.
As used in clause (i), the term “eligible applicant” means a private industry council for a service delivery area in a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a private entity applying in conjunction with the private industry council for such a service delivery area or with such a political subdivision, that submits a proposal developed in consultation with the Governor of the State.
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- 1997–present42 U.S.C. § 603The Public Health and Welfare · Grants to States · in this section
Eligible applicant.—The term "eligible applicant" means a nonprofit entity that—
(A) is a public safety advocate;
(B) has pipeline safety expertise;
(C) is able to provide individuals and communities with technical assistance; and
(D) was established with funds designated for the purpose of community service through the implementation of section 3553 of title 18 relating to violations of this chapter.
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- 2020–202149 U.S.C. § 60130Transportation · Pipeline safety information grants to communities · in this section
For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “eligible applicant” means any United States private business, State government, local government, organization of State or local government, or any combination thereof. The term does not include any business owned in whole or in part by the Federal Government.
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- 1994–present49 U.S.C. § 309Transportation · High-speed ground transportation · under this section
In this part, the term “eligible applicant” means—
(1) an eligible State described in section 1022(b) of this title; or
(2) an eligible partnership described in section 1023(b) of this title.
Any eligible applicant desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—
(1) a description of the assessment that the eligible applicant, and the other entities with whom the eligible applicant will carry out the grant activities, have undertaken to determine the most critical needs of the participating high-need local educational agencies;
(2) a description of the activities the eligible applicant will carry out with the grant; and
(3) a description of the eligible applicant's plan for continuing the activities carried out with the grant, once Federal funding ceases.
Each eligible applicant receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds—
(1) (A) to award scholarships to help students pay the costs of tuition, room, board, and other expenses of completing a teacher preparation program;
(B) to provide support services, if needed to enable scholarship recipients to complete postsecondary education programs; and
(C) for followup services provided to former scholarship recipients during the recipients first 3 years of teaching; or
(2) to develop and implement effective mechanisms to ensure that high need local educational agencies and schools are able to effectively recruit highly qualified teachers.
The Secretary shall establish such requirements as the Secretary finds necessary to ensure that recipients of scholarships under this section who complete teacher education programs subsequently teach in a high-need local educational agency, for a period of time equivalent to the period for which the recipients receive scholarship assistance, or repay the amount of the scholarship. The Secretary shall use any such repayments to carry out additional activities under this section.
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- 2001–present20 U.S.C. § 1024Education · Teacher recruitment grants · in this part
In this section, the term “eligible applicant” means—
(1) a State;
(2) a Tribal or local government;
(3) an organization with power or water delivery authority;
(4) a regional authority; or
(5) a nonprofit conservation organization.
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- 2026–present43 U.S.C. § 3207Public Lands · Multi-benefit projects to improve watershed health · in this section
In this section, the term "eligible applicant" means—
(1) a State;
(2) a Tribal or local government;
(3) an organization with power or water delivery authority;
(4) a regional authority; or
(5) a nonprofit conservation organization.
Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies, shall establish a competitive grant program under which the Secretary shall award grants to eligible applicants for the design, implementation, and monitoring of conservation outcomes of habitat restoration projects that improve watershed health in a river basin that is adversely impacted by a Bureau of Reclamation water project by accomplishing 1 or more of the following:
(1) Ecosystem benefits.
(2) Restoration of native species.
(3) Mitigation against the impacts of climate change to fish and wildlife habitats.
(4) Protection against invasive species.
(5) Restoration of aspects of the natural ecosystem.
(6) Enhancement of commercial, recreational, subsistence, or Tribal ceremonial fishing.
(7) Enhancement of river-based recreation.
(1) In general
In awarding a grant to an eligible applicant under subsection (b), the Secretary—
(A) shall give priority to an eligible applicant that would carry out a habitat restoration project that achieves more than 1 of the benefits described in that subsection; and
(B) may not provide a grant to carry out a habitat restoration project the purpose of which is to meet existing environmental mitigation or compliance obligations under Federal or State law.
(2) Compliance
A habitat restoration project awarded a grant under subsection (b) shall comply with all applicable Federal and State laws.
The Federal share of the cost of any habitat restoration project that is awarded a grant under subsection (b)—
(1) shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the habitat restoration project; or
(2) in the case of a habitat restoration project that provides benefits to ecological or recreational values in which the nonconsumptive water conservation benefit or habitat restoration benefit accounts for at least 75 percent of the cost of the habitat restoration project, as determined by the Secretary, shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the habitat restoration project.
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- 2021–202643 U.S.C. § 3207Public Lands · Multi-benefit projects to improve watershed health · in this section
In this section, the term "eligible applicant" means—
(A) an Indian tribe or tribal organization approved by an Indian tribe; or
(B) a tribal educational agency.
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- 2015–present20 U.S.C. § 7452Education · In-service training for teachers of Indian children · in this section
In this subchapter, the term “eligible applicant” means—
(1) an eligible State described in section 1022(b) of this title; or
(2) an eligible partnership described in section 1023(b) of this title.
Any eligible applicant desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—
(1) a description of the assessment that the eligible applicant, and the other entities with whom the eligible applicant will carry out the grant activities, have undertaken to determine the most critical needs of the participating high-need local educational agencies;
(2) a description of the activities the eligible applicant will carry out with the grant; and
(3) a description of the eligible applicant's plan for continuing the activities carried out with the grant, once Federal funding ceases.
Each eligible applicant receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds—
(1) (A) to award scholarships to help students pay the costs of tuition, room, board, and other expenses of completing a teacher preparation program;
(B) to provide support services, if needed to enable scholarship recipients to complete postsecondary education programs; and
(C) for followup services provided to former scholarship recipients during the recipients first 3 years of teaching; or
(2) to develop and implement effective mechanisms to ensure that high need local educational agencies and schools are able to effectively recruit highly qualified teachers.
The Secretary shall establish such requirements as the Secretary finds necessary to ensure that recipients of scholarships under this section who complete teacher education programs subsequently teach in a high-need local educational agency, for a period of time equivalent to the period for which the recipients receive scholarship assistance, or repay the amount of the scholarship. The Secretary shall use any such repayments to carry out additional activities under this section.
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- 1998–200120 U.S.C. § 1024Education · Teacher recruitment grants · in this part
In this subsection, the term “eligible applicant” means an applicant who meets at least one of the following criteria:
(A) Is an applicant who qualifies for an automatic zero student aid index or negative student aid index under subsection (b) or (c) of section 1087mm of this title.
(B) Is an applicant who is a dependent student and the student’s parents have a total adjusted gross income (excluding any income of the dependent student) that is less than $60,000 and do not file a Schedule A, B, D, E, F, or H (or equivalent successor schedules) with the Federal income tax return for the second preceding tax year, and—
(i) do not file a Schedule C (or the equivalent successor schedule) with the Federal income tax return for the second preceding tax year; or
(ii) file a Schedule C (or the equivalent successor schedule) with net business income of not more than a $10,000 loss or gain with the Federal income tax return for the second preceding tax year.
(C) Is an applicant who is an independent student and the student (including the student’s spouse, if any) has a total adjusted gross income that is less than $60,000 and does not file a Schedule A, B, D, E, F, or H (or equivalent successor schedules), with the Federal income tax return for the second preceding tax year, and—
(i) does not file a Schedule C (or the equivalent successor schedule) with the Federal income tax return for the second preceding tax year; or
(ii) files a Schedule C (or the equivalent successor schedule) with net business income of not more than a $10,000 loss or gain with the Federal income tax return for the second preceding tax year.
(D) Is an applicant who, at any time during the previous 24-month period, received a benefit under a means-tested Federal benefit program (or whose parent or spouse received such a benefit, as applicable).
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- 2024–present20 U.S.C. § 1087SSEducation · Simplified needs test · under this subchapter
The term “eligible applicant” means—
(A) a State department of agriculture (or a designee);
(B) a national or State nonprofit organization that—
(i) is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of title 26; and
(ii) has experience or expertise, as determined by the Secretary, in the identification, evaluation, rehabilitation, preservation, or protection of historic barns; and
(C) a State historic preservation office.
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- 2002–present7 U.S.C. § 2008OAgriculture · Historic barn preservation · in this section
The term "eligible applicant" means—
(A) any State, Indian tribe, irrigation district, or water district;
(B) any State, regional, or local authority, the members of which include 1 or more organizations with water or power delivery authority;
(C) any other organization with water or power delivery authority; and
(D) any nonprofit conservation organization, if—
(i) the nonprofit conservation organization is acting in partnership with and with the agreement of an entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); or
(ii) in the case of an application for a project to improve the condition of a natural feature or nature-based feature on Federal land, the entities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) from the applicable service area have been notified of the project application and there is no written objection to the project.
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- 2020–present42 U.S.C. § 10362The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “eligible applicant” means a developer that has—
(A) applied to an authorized public chartering authority to operate a charter school; and
(B) provided adequate and timely notice to that authority.
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- 2015–present20 U.S.C. § 7221IEducation · Definitions · in this part
The term "eligible applicant" means a developer that has—
(A) applied to an authorized public chartering authority to operate a charter school; and
(B) provided adequate and timely notice to that authority under section 7221b(d)(3) of this title.
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- 2001–201520 U.S.C. § 7221IEducation · Definitions · in this part
The term “eligible applicant” means a nonprofit entity that—
(A) is a public safety advocate;
(B) has pipeline safety expertise;
(C) is able to provide individuals and communities with technical assistance; and
(D) was established with funds designated for the purpose of community service through the implementation of section 3553 of title 18 relating to violations of this chapter.
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- 2021–present49 U.S.C. § 60130Transportation · Pipeline safety information grants to communities · in this section
The term “eligible applicant” means—
(A) one or more local educational agencies that are eligible to receive a subgrant under subpart 1 of this part;
(B) one or more public or private organizations or agencies, acting on behalf of one or more programs that serve preschool age children (such as a program at a Head Start center, a child care program, or a family literacy program), which organizations or agencies shall be located in a community served by a local educational agency described in subparagraph (A); or
(C) one or more local educational agencies described in subparagraph (A) in collaboration with one or more organizations or agencies described in subparagraph (B).
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- 2001–present20 U.S.C. § 6371Education · Purposes; definitions · for purposes of this subpart
The term “eligible applicant” means an applicant eligible to apply for a grant under section 5803(b) of this title.
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- 2020–present25 U.S.C. § 5802Indians · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “eligible applicant” means an entity that has submitted an application for a Presidential permit during the period beginning on December 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2024, for any of the following:
(A) 1 or more international bridges in Webb County, Texas.
(B) An international bridge in Cameron County, Texas.
(C) An international bridge in Maverick County, Texas.
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- 2023–present33 U.S.C. § 535DNavigation and Navigable Waters · Repealed. Pub. L. 10017, title I, 135(g), Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 174 · in this section
The term “eligible applicant” means any—
(A) governmental entity;
(B) private utility;
(C) public utility;
(D) municipal utility;
(E) cooperative utility;
(F) Indian tribes; and
(G) Regional Corporation (as defined in section 1602 of title 43).
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- 2007–present42 U.S.C. § 17282The Public Health and Welfare · Renewable energy deployment · in this section
The term “eligible applicant” means any State, Indian tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery authority.
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- 2009–202042 U.S.C. § 10362The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this chapter