---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 570.481"
title: "24"
number: "570.481"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/570.481"
---

# §570.481. Definitions.

- (a) Except for terms defined in applicable statutes or this subpart, the Secretary will defer to a state's definitions, provided that these definitions are explicit, reasonable and not plainly inconsistent with the Act. As used in this subpart, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
  - (1) Act means title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ([42 U.S.C. 5301](/usc/42/5301.md) et seq.).
  - (2) CDBG funds means Community Development Block Grant funds, in the form of grants under this subpart including any reimbursements, program income, and loans guaranteed under [section 108](/cfr/24/108.md) of the Act.
  - (3) Origin year means the specific Federal fiscal year during which the annual grant funds were appropriated.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 53397, Nov. 9, 1992, as amended at 61 FR 5209, Feb. 9, 1996; 74 FR 36389, July 22, 2009; 80 FR 69871, Nov. 12, 2015]

### Source

Source: 57 FR 53397, Nov. 9, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x, 1701 x-1; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 5301-5320.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 24693, June 9, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 53397, Nov. 9, 1992, as amended at 61 FR 5209, Feb. 9, 1996; 74 FR 36389, July 22, 2009; 80 FR 69871, Nov. 12, 2015]