nonfederal

adjective non·fed·er·al \ ˌnän-ˈfe-d(ə-)rəl \

|Updated on: 10 Jul 2018

Definition of nonfederal

: not federal; especially : not of or relating to the federal government of the United States

nonfederal employees/lands/funds

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In the past decade, 69 nonfederal officers have been charged, while 21 have been convicted of some crime, according to the data.

— NBC News, "After 2 officers charged in 2 fatal police shootings, are arrests happening faster?," 30 June 2018
Only six companies and nonfederal organization share such information with the government under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, according to Marks.

— derek hawkins, Washington Post, "The Cybersecurity 202: Cellphone spying has lawmakers worried. But they don't know how to stop it.," 28 June 2018
In the report, agricultural land is defined as nonfederal cropland, pastureland, rangeland and woodland used to support agriculture.

— tara duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, "Report: America is losing its best farmland," 8 May 2018
Some cranes have already been shipped to nonfederal facilities.

— juliet eilperin, Washington Post, "Trump has long vowed to slash government. Now the knives are finally coming out.," 26 Feb. 2018
Private student loans are nonfederal education loans made by banks and other financial institutions such as credit unions and online lenders such as SoFi.

— WSJ, "What to Look for in Private Student Loans," 21 July 2017
On the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, the Absaloka coal mine accounts for 50 percent of the tribe’s nonfederal income.

— ian frisch, Bloomberg.com, "The End of Coal Will Haunt the Navajo," 13 Oct. 2017
Over the same period production on nonfederal lands grew from 14,523 billion cubic feet to 24,143 billion.

— merrill matthews, WSJ, "Mineral Rights Can Make You Rich," 9 July 2017
Municipal bonds—the debt issued by states, cities, and nonfederal public authorities—occupy an important niche in the financial lives of Wall Street and America’s wealthy.

— daniel gross, Slate Magazine, "Trump Won’t Fix Our Roads and Bridges," 8 June 2017

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