eligible organization
Defined in 10 places across 6 titles of the United States Code.
Eligible Organization Defined.—In this section, the term "eligible organization" means—
(1) a unit or other organization of honor guards recognized by the Secretary of the Army as honor guards for a national cemetery;
(2) a law enforcement agency; or
(3) a local unit of any organization that, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, is a nationally recognized veterans' organization.
Same definition in 2 sections
- 1999–present10 U.S.C. § 4683Armed Forces · Excess M1 rifles: loan or donation for funeral and other ceremonial purposes · in this section
- 2018–202610 U.S.C. § 7683Armed Forces · Excess non-automatic service rifles: loan or donation for funeral and other ceremonial purposes · in this section
For purposes of subsection (a), the term "eligible organization" means a national nonprofit organization that provides technical assistance and training to, and has special expertise and broad, national-level experience in, mental health, crisis intervention, criminal justice systems, law enforcement, translating evidence into practice, training, and research, and education and support of people with mental illness and the families of such individuals.
Same definition in 2 sections
- 2017–present34 U.S.C. § 10652Crime Control and Law Enforcement · National criminal justice and mental health training and technical assistance · in this section
- 2016–present42 U.S.C. § 3797aa-1The Public Health and Welfare · Transferred · in this section
For purposes of this section, the term "eligible organization" means a public or private entity (which may be a health maintenance organization or a competitive medical plan), organized under the laws of any State, which—
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- 1994–201742 U.S.C. § 1395MMThe Public Health and Welfare · Payments to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans · for purposes of this section
For purposes of this section, the term “eligible organization” means a public or private entity (which may be a health maintenance organization or a competitive medical plan), organized under the laws of any State, which—
(1) is a qualified health maintenance organization (as defined in section 300e–9(d) 1 of this title), or
(2) meets the following requirements:
(A) The entity provides to enrolled members at least the following health care services:
(i) Physicians’ services performed by physicians (as defined in section 1395x(r)(1) of this title).
(ii) Inpatient hospital services.
(iii) Laboratory, X-ray, emergency, and preventive services.
(iv) Out-of-area coverage.
(B) The entity is compensated (except for deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments) for the provision of health care services to enrolled members by a payment which is paid on a periodic basis without regard to the date the health care services are provided and which is fixed without regard to the frequency, extent, or kind of health care service actually provided to a member.
(C) The entity provides physicians’ services primarily (i) directly through physicians who are either employees or partners of such organization, or (ii) through contracts with individual physicians or one or more groups of physicians (organized on a group practice or individual practice basis).
(D) The entity assumes full financial risk on a prospective basis for the provision of the health care services listed in subparagraph (A), except that such entity may—
(i) obtain insurance or make other arrangements for the cost of providing to any enrolled member health care services listed in subparagraph (A) the aggregate value of which exceeds $5,000 in any year,
(ii) obtain insurance or make other arrangements for the cost of health care service listed in subparagraph (A) provided to its enrolled members other than through the entity because medical necessity required their provision before they could be secured through the entity,
(iii) obtain insurance or make other arrangements for not more than 90 percent of the amount by which its costs for any of its fiscal years exceed 115 percent of its income for such fiscal year, and
(iv) make arrangements with physicians or other health professionals, health care institutions, or any combination of such individuals or institutions to assume all or part of the financial risk on a prospective basis for the provision of basic health services by the physicians or other health professionals or through the institutions.
(E) The entity has made adequate provision against the risk of insolvency, which provision is satisfactory to the Secretary.
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- 2013–present42 U.S.C. § 1395MMThe Public Health and Welfare · Payments to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans · for purposes of this section
In this section, the term “eligible organization” means—
(1) a unit or other organization of honor guards recognized by the Secretary of the Army as honor guards for a national cemetery;
(2) a law enforcement agency; or
(3) a local unit of any organization that, as determined by the Secretary of the Army, is a nationally recognized veterans’ organization.
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 7683Armed Forces · Excess non-automatic service rifles: loan or donation for funeral and other ceremonial purposes · in this section
The Administrator is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with any eligible organization. For purposes of this section the term “eligible organization” means a State or interstate agency, a municipality, educational institution, and any other organization which is capable of effectively carrying out a project which may be funded by grant under subsection (b) of this section.
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 6977The Public Health and Welfare · Grants or contracts for training projects · in this section
The term “eligible organization” means a nonprofit entity, an educational institution, an Indian tribe (as defined in section 450b of title 25), or any other organization, in a rural area (except for the institute), that meets the requirements of this section and such other requirements as are established by the Secretary.
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- 2002–20167 U.S.C. § 2008NAgriculture · Rural telework · in this section
The term “eligible organization” means a nonprofit entity, an educational institution, an Indian tribe (as defined in section 5304 of title 25), or any other organization, in a rural area (except for the institute), that meets the requirements of this section and such other requirements as are established by the Secretary.
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- 2016–present7 U.S.C. § 2008NAgriculture · Rural telework · in this section
The term “eligible organization” means an organization that—
(A) is described in section 501(c)(3), and exempt from Federal tax under section 501(a), of title 26;
(B) is independent;
(C) is free from conflicts of interest;
(D) does not carry out or advocate for or against Federal water resources projects; and
(E) has experience in establishing and administering peer review panels.
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- 2007–present33 U.S.C. § 2343Navigation and Navigable Waters · Independent peer review · in this section
The term “eligible organization” means an organization that is—
(A) described in section 1722(d) of this title; and
(B) with respect to nongovernmental organizations, subject to regulations promulgated or guidelines issued to carry out this section, including United States audit requirements that are applicable to nongovernmental organizations.
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- 2008–present7 U.S.C. § 1726CAgriculture · Local and regional food aid procurement projects · in this section
The term “eligible organization” means—
(i) an institution of higher education which is described in section 102 (other than subsection (a)(1)(C) thereof) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), as in effect on the date of the enactment of this section, and which has not been disqualified from participating in a program under title IV of such Act,
(ii) an organization described in section 501(c) and exempt from tax under section 501(a),
(iii) a local government agency, including—
(I) a county or municipal government agency, and
(II) an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(13) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103(13)), including any tribally designated housing entity (as defined in section 4(22) of such Act (25 U.S.C. 4103(22))), tribal subsidiary, subdivision, or other wholly owned tribal entity,
(iv) a local, State, regional, or national coalition (with one lead organization which meets the eligibility requirements of clause (i), (ii), or (iii) acting as the applicant organization), or
(v) in the case of applicable taxpayers and members of underserved populations with respect to which no organizations described in the preceding clauses are available—
(I) a State government agency, or
(II) an office providing Cooperative Extension services (as established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914).
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- 2019–present26 U.S.C. § 7526AInternal Revenue Code · Return preparation programs for applicable taxpayers · for purposes of this section