### Question
How is the term person defined?


### Answer
The term **person** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 6903* as the following:

> an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body and shall include each department, agency, and instrumentality of the United States

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 6903*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 81-ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE RENEWAL > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

