Editorial Note on Part 217
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 217 appear at 68 FR 51362, Aug. 26, 2003.

§ 217.3 Definitions. As used in this part, the term: ( a ) *The Act* means the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93-112, as amended by the Rehabilitation Comprehensive Services and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1979, Pub. L. 95-602. ( b ) *Section 504* means section 504 of the Act. ( c ) *Agency* means the Agency for International Development. ( d ) The term *Administrator* means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development or any person specifically designated by him to perform any function provided for under this part. ( e ) *Recipient* means any state or its political subdivision, any instrumentality of a state or its political subdivision, any public or private agency, institution, organization, or other entity, or any person to which Federal financial assistance is extended directly or through another recipient, including any successor, assignee, or transferee of a recipient, but excluding the ultimate beneficiary of the assistance and any sovereign foreign government. ( f ) *Applicant for assistance* means one who submits an application, request, or plan required to be approved by an Agency official or by a recipient as a condition to becoming a recipient. ( g ) *Federal financial assistance* means any grant, loan, contract (other than a procurement contract or a contract of insurance or guaranty), or any other arrangement by which the Agency provides or otherwise makes available assistance in the form of: ( 1 ) Funds; ( 2 ) Services of Federal personnel; or ( 3 ) Real and personal property or any interest in or use of such property, including: ( i ) Transfers or leases of such property for less than the fair market value or for reduced consideration; and ( ii ) Proceeds from a subsequent transfer or lease of such property if the Federal share of its fair market value is not returned to the Federal Government. ( h ) *Facility* means all or any portion of buildings, structures, equipment, roads, walks, parking lots, or other real or personal property or interest in such property. ( i ) *Handicapped person.* ( 1 ) “Handicapped persons” means any person who ( i ) has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities, ( ii ) has a record of such an impairment, or ( iii ) is regarded as having such an impairment. ( 2 ) As used in paragraph (i)(1) of this section the phrase: ( i ) *Physical or mental impairment* includes but is not limited to such diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, and drug addiction and alcoholism. Such term does not include alcoholism or drug abuse, where by reason of such condition the individual is prevented from performing the duties of the job in question or whose employment, by reason of such current alcohol or drug abuse, would constitute a direct threat to property or the safety of others. ( ii ) *Major life activities* means functions such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working. ( iii ) *Has a record of such an impairment* means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. ( iv ) *Is regarded as having an impairment* means ( A ) has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a recipient as constituting such a limitation; ( B ) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others towards such impairment; or ( C ) has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (i)(2)(i) of this section but is treated by a recipient as having such an impairment. ( j ) *Qualified handicapped person* means: ( 1 ) With respect to employment, a handicapped person who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question; ( 2 ) With respect to postsecondary and vocational education services, a handicapped person who meets the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation in the recipient's education program or activity; ( 3 ) With respect to other services, a handicapped person who meets the essential eligibility requirements for the receipt of such services. ( k ) *Handicap* means any condition or characteristic that renders a person a handicapped person as defined in paragraph (j) of this section. ( 1 ) *Program or activity* means all of the operations of any entity described in paragraphs (l)(1) through (4) of this section, any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance: ( 1 ) ( i ) A department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or of a local government; or ( ii ) The entity of such State or local government that distributes such assistance and each such department or agency (and each other State or local government entity) to which the assistance is extended, in the case of assistance to a State or local government; ( 2 ) ( i ) A college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or a public system of higher education; or ( ii ) A local educational agency (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 7801), system of vocational education, or other school system; ( 3 ) ( i ) An entire corporation, partnership, or other private organization, or an entire sole proprietorship— ( A ) If assistance is extended to such corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; or ( B ) Which is principally engaged in the business of providing education, health care, housing, social services, or parks and recreation; or ( ii ) The entire plant or other comparable, geographically separate facility to which Federal financial assistance is extended, in the case of any other corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship; or ( 4 ) Any other entity which is established by two or more of the entities described in paragraph (l)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. [45 FR 66415, Oct. 6, 1980, as amended at 68 FR 51362, Aug. 26, 2003]