blind
Defined in 3 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term “blind” refers to an individual or class of individuals whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees.
Same definition in 2 sections
- 1994–present41 U.S.C. § 48BPublic Contracts · Definitions · in this section
- 2026–present41 U.S.C. § 8501Public Contracts · Definitions · in this chapter
"blind" means an individual who has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens or whose eye is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees;
Source
- 2021–present34 U.S.C. § 10284Crime Control and Law Enforcement · Definitions · as used in this subchapter
Blind.—The term “blind” refers to an individual or class of individuals whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees.
Source
- 2010–202641 U.S.C. § 8501Public Contracts · Definitions · in this chapter