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PUBLIC LAW 102-522—OCT. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 3413 that is provided in the form of a grant, contract, loan, loan guarantee, cooperative agreement, interest subsidy, insurance, or direct appropriation; and "(B) does not mclude assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; the Federal Emergency Management Agency the Secretary of Housing and iJrban Development under the sins;le family mortgage insurance programs under the National Housing Act or the homeownership assistance program under section 235 of such Act; the National Homeownership Trust; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the affordable housing program under section 40 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; or the Resolution Trust Corporation under the affordable housing program under section 21A(c) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. "(6) The term '^hazardous areas' means those areas in a building referred to as hazardous areas in National Fire Protection Association Standard 101, known as the Life Safety Code, or any successor standard thereto. "(7) The term 'multifamilv property* means— "(A) in the case of housing tor Federal employees or their dependents, a residential Duilding consisting of more than 2 residential units that are under one roof; and "(B) in any other case, a residential building consisting of more than 4 residential units that are under one roof "(8) The term 'prefire plan' means specific plans for fire fighting activities at a property or location. "(9) The term 'rebuilding' means the repairing or reconstructing of portions of a multifamily property where the cost of the alterations is 70 percent or more of the replacement cost of the completed multifamily property, not including the value of the land on which the multifamily property is located. "(10) The term "renovated* means the repairing or reconstructing of 50 percent or more of the current value of a Federal employee ofiKce building, not including the value of the land on which the Federcu employee office building is located. "(11) The term 'smoke detectors' means single or multiple stetion, self-contained alarm devices designed to respond to the presence of visible or invisible particles of comoustion, instmled in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association Standard 74 or any successor st€uidard thereto. "(12) The term United States' means the States collectively. "(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OFFICE BUILDINGS.—(I)(A) No Federal funds may be used for the construction or purchase of a Federal employee office building of 6 or more stones unless during the Eeriod of occupancy by Federal employees the building is protected y an automatic sprinkler system or equivalent level of safety. No Federal funds may be used for the construction or purchase of any other Federal employee office building unless during the period of occupancy by Federal employees the hazardous areas of the building are protected by automatic sprinkler systems or an equivalent level of scdety. "(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), no Federal funds may be used for the lease of a Federal employee office building of 6 or more stories, where at least some portion of the federally leased space is on the sixth fioor or above and at least 35,000