Section EMP.05.02 — Definitions

(a) "Acts" means any United States federal law containing requirements for establishment and payment of a determined prevailing wage, including but not limited to wage determinations of the Secretary or wage determinations set under the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. 276 applicable to Indian Tribes.

(b) "Agreement" means any contract or other written document for assistance, sale, or lease funded by any United States' Act applicable to Indian Tribes and specifically including the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 4101, et. seq.

(c) "Housing" means the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's Division of Community Housing.

(d) "Human Resources" means the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's Human Resources Department.

(e) "Prevailing Wage" means the wages as determined by the Tribe prevailing on the Tribe's reservation and with the Tribe's and Housing's areas of operations for each category of employee including, but not limited to, architect, technical engineer, draftsman, technician, laborer, plumber, electrician, and mechanic.

(f) "Secretary" means Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Bureau of Indian Affairs, Secretary of Health and Human Services, or their designees.

(g) "Tribe" means the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, a band of Mohican Indians, it's agencies, departments, enterprises, or other subdivisions thereof.

(h) "Tribal Council" means the Tribe's elected Tribal Council.