agent
Defined in 10 places across 8 titles of the United States Code.
“agent” means any person charged with responsibility for the operation of all or a part of a coal or other mine or the supervision of the miners in a coal or other mine;
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- 1994–present30 U.S.C. § 802Mineral Lands and Mining · Definitions · in this section
“agent” means any person who represents, or acts for or on behalf of, a developer in selling or leasing, or offering to sell or lease, any lot or lots in a subdivision; but shall not include an attorney at law whose representation of another person consists solely of rendering legal services;
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- 1994–present15 U.S.C. § 1701Commerce and Trade · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter
Agent.—The term "agent" means an individual—
(A) (i) who is an employee of a private organization or a researcher affiliated with an institution of higher learning (including a person granted special sworn status by the Bureau of the Census under section 23(c) of title 13), and with whom a contract or other agreement is executed, on a temporary basis, by an executive agency to perform exclusively statistical activities under the control and supervision of an officer or employee of that agency;
(ii) who is working under the authority of a government entity with which a contract or other agreement is executed by an executive agency to perform exclusively statistical activities under the control of an officer or employee of that agency;
(iii) who is a self-employed researcher, a consultant, a contractor, or an employee of a contractor, and with whom a contract or other agreement is executed by an executive agency to perform a statistical activity under the control of an officer or employee of that agency; or
(iv) who is a contractor or an employee of a contractor, and who is engaged by the agency to design or maintain the systems for handling or storage of data received under this subchapter; and
(B) who agrees in writing to comply with all provisions of law that affect information acquired by that agency.
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- 2018–202644 U.S.C. § 3561Public Printing and Documents · Definitions · in this subchapter
The term “agent” has the meaning given the term in section 1019 of this title.
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- 2008–present20 U.S.C. § 1094Education · Program participation agreements · under this subchapter
The term “agent” includes an entity established by a person for purposes of conducting transactions on behalf of the person in order to conceal the identity of the person.
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- 2010–present22 U.S.C. § 8513Foreign Relations and Intercourse · Mandatory sanctions with respect to financial institutions that engage in certain transactions · in this section
The term “agent” includes any person retained by the Department of Justice in connection with the enforcement of the antitrust laws.
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- 1994–present15 U.S.C. § 1311Commerce and Trade · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter
The term “agent” means a nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological substance that causes agricultural disease or the adulteration of products regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture under any provision of law.
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- 2008–present7 U.S.C. § 8901Agriculture · Definitions · in this chapter
the term “agent” means a person authorized to act on behalf of another person or a government and, in the case of an organization or government, includes a servant or employee, and a partner, director, officer, manager, and representative;
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- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 666Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds · as used in this section
The term “agent” means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser; except that such term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or warehouseman, when acting in the usual and lawful course of the carrier's or warehouseman's business.
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- 1994–present21 U.S.C. § 802Food and Drugs · Definitions · as used in this subchapter
The term “agent” means an individual—
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(i) who is an employee of a private organization or a researcher affiliated with an institution of higher learning (including a person granted special sworn status by the Bureau of the Census under section 23(c) of title 13), and with whom a contract or other agreement is executed, on a temporary basis, by an executive agency to perform exclusively statistical activities under the control and supervision of an officer or employee of that agency;
(ii) who is working under the authority of a government entity with which a contract or other agreement is executed by an executive agency to perform exclusively statistical activities under the control of an officer or employee of that agency;
(iii) who is a self-employed researcher, a consultant, a contractor, or an employee of a contractor, and with whom a contract or other agreement is executed by an executive agency to perform a statistical activity under the control of an officer or employee of that agency; or
(iv) who is a contractor or an employee of a contractor, and who is engaged by the agency to design or maintain the systems for handling or storage of data received under this subchapter; and
(B) who agrees in writing to comply with all provisions of law that affect information acquired by that agency.
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- 2026–present44 U.S.C. § 3561Public Printing and Documents · Definitions · in this subchapter
The term “agent” means an officer or employee of a covered institution or an institution-affiliated organization.
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- 2008–present20 U.S.C. § 1019Education · Definitions · in this part