---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 4.303"
title: "10"
number: "4.303"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/4.303"
---

# §4.303. Definitions.


As used in this subpart:

- (a) Act means the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, (title III of Pub. L. 94-135; 89 Stat. 713; [42 U.S.C. 3001](/usc/42/3001.md) note).
- (b) Action means any act, activity, policy, rule, standard, or method of administration; or the use of any policy, rule, standard, or method of administration.
- (c) Age means how old a person is, or the number of elapsed years from the date of a person's birth.
- (d) Age distinction means any action using age or an age-related term.
- (e) Age-related term means a word or words which necessarily imply a particular age or range of ages (for example, “children,” “adult,” “older persons,” but not “student”).
- (f) Subrecipient means any of the entities in the definition of “recipient” to which a recipient extends or passes on Federal financial assistance. A subrecipient is generally regarded as a recipient of Federal financial assistance and has all the duties of a recipient in these regulations.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 25358, July 7, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 401 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5891); 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Subpart A also issued under 42 U.S.C. 2000d through d-7. Subpart B also issued under 29 U.S.C. 706. Subpart C also issued under 42 U.S.C. 6101 through 6107.

### Source

Source: 29 FR 19277, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.