---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 11924"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "11924"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/11924"
units:
  - "Chapter 124 — Public Housing Drug Elimination"
  - "Subchapter II — Drug-Free Public Housing"
---

# §11924. Definitions


For purposes of this subchapter:

- (1) **Controlled substance—** The term “[controlled substance](/usc/42/11905.md?p=1)” has the meaning given such term in [section 802 of title 21](/usc/21/802.md).
- (2) **Secretary—** The term “[Secretary](/usc/42/11905.md?p=3)” means the [Secretary](/usc/42/11905.md?p=3) of Housing and Urban Development.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–690, title V, § 5145, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4304.)