---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17151"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17151"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/17151"
units:
  - "Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security"
  - "Subchapter IV — Energy Savings in Government and Public Institutions"
  - "Part C — Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants"
---

# §17151. Definitions


In this part:

- (1) **Eligible entity—** The term “eligible entity” means—
  - (A) a [State](#6);
  - (B) an [eligible unit of local government](#2); and
  - (C) an [Indian tribe](#4).
- (2) **Eligible unit of local government—** The term “eligible unit of local government” means—
  - (A) an [eligible unit of local government-alternative 1](#3-A); and
  - (B) an [eligible unit of local government-alternative 2](#3-B).
- (3)
  - (A) **Eligible unit of local government-alternative 1—** The term “eligible unit of local government-alternative 1” means—
    - (i) a city with a population—
      - (I) of at least 35,000; or
      - (II) that causes the city to be 1 of the 10 highest-populated cities of the [State](#6) in which the city is located; and
    - (ii) a county with a population—
      - (I) of at least 200,000; or
      - (II) that causes the county to be 1 of the 10 highest-populated counties of the [State](#6) in which the county is located.
  - (B) **Eligible unit of local government-alternative 2—** The term “eligible unit of local government-alternative 2” means—
    - (i) a city with a population of at least 50,000; or
    - (ii) a county with a population of at least 200,000.
- (4) **Indian tribe—** The term “Indian tribe” has the meaning given the term in [section 5304 of title 25](/usc/25/5304.md).
- (5) **Program—** The term “program” means the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program established under [section 17152(a) of this title](/usc/42/17152.md?p=a).
- (6) **State—** The term “State” means—
  - (A) a [State](#6);
  - (B) the District of Columbia;
  - (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
  - (D) any other territory or possession of the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title V, § 541, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1667.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.