### Question
What does eligible metropolitan area mean?


### Answer
**Eligible metropolitan area** has the following meaning in *6 U.S.C. § 601*:

> any of the 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States

#### Citation:
  - *6 U.S.C. § 601*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION > SUBCHAPTER XV-HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS**

