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  • The term “additional disclosable party” means, with respect to a facility, any person or entity who— (i) exercises operational, financial, or managerial control over the facility o

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the term “additional dislocated worker” means a displaced homemaker as that term is defined in section 1503(29) of this title.

  • The term “additional health services” means services that are not included as required primary health services and that are appropriate to meet the health needs of the population s

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “additional newborn condition” means any condition that is not one of the core conditions recommended by the Advisory Committee and adopte

  • As used in this subsection, the term “additional new budget authority” means the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of $117,000,000, in an appropriation measure or confer

  • For purposes of clause (ii)(III), the term “additional payment” means, with respect to a discharge for a new medical service or technology described in clause (ii)(I), an amount th

  • The term "additional payment determination date" means the earlier of— (I) the date which is 90 days after the 2020 calendar year filing deadline, or (II) September 1, 20

  • The term “additional preventive services” means services not described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (3) that identify medical conditions or risk factors and that the Sec

  • The term “Additional Protocol” means a protocol additional to a safeguards agreement with the IAEA, as negotiated between a country and the IAEA based on a Model Additional Protoco

  • As used in this paragraph, the term “additional rail passenger service” means rail passenger service (other than rail passenger service provided pursuant to the provisions of parag

  • The term “additional renewable fuel” means fuel that is produced from renewable biomass and that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in home heating oi

  • The term "additional services" means the provision of supplementary power, backup or standby power, maintenance power, or interruptible power to an electric consumer by a

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “additional supplier country” means a country regarding which no antidumping investigation is currently pending, and no antidumping duty or

  • The term “additional telehealth benefits” means services— (I) for which benefits are available under part B, including services for which payment is not made under section 1395m(m)

  • The term “additive” means any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “address” means a physical address or electronic address, such as an electronic mail address or temporarily assigned network address (inc

  • the term “adequate consideration” means— (A) in the case of a security for which there is a generally recognized market— (i) the price of the security prevailing on a national secu

  • For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “adequate dwelling” means a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling unit.

  • For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term “adequate expertise” means that the membership of the classification panel includes— (i) two or more voting members, with a specialty

  • “adequate information” means information of a kind, and in sufficient detail, as far as is reasonably practicable in light of the nature and history of the debtor and the condition

  • With respect to a bank holding company, the term “adequately capitalized” means a level of capitalization which meets or exceeds all applicable Federal regulatory capital standards

  • The term "adequately served" means having a participation rate, by crop, that is at least 50 percent of the national average participation rate.

  • The term "adequate substantiation of safety" means tests or studies, research, analyses, or other evidence or information that is considered, among experts qualified by s

  • The term “adjacent coastal State” means any coastal State which (A) would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port, as proposed in an application; (B) would be located

  • The term “adjacent islands” includes Saint Pierre, Miquelon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, the Windward and Leeward Islands, Trinida

  • The term “adjacent site” means a site that borders a boundary line of National Forest System land.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the terms “adjoining country”, “appropriate congressional committees”, “armed group”, and “conflict mineral” have the meaning given those terms und

  • “adjudication” means agency process for the formulation of an order; / In this subsection, the term “adjudication” has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5 , but d

  • In this section, the term “adjunct content specialist” means an individual who— (1) meets the applicable State certification and licensure requirements, including any requirements

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “adjustable benefit” means— (I) benefits, rights, and features under the plan, including post-retirement death benefits, 60-month guarantee

  • The term “adjustable rate mortgage” means a residential mortgage that has an interest rate that is subject to change. A residential mortgage that: (A) does not fully amortize over

  • The term “adjusted actual production history yield” means— (A) in the case of an eligible producer on a farm that has at least 4 years of actual production history yields for an in

  • The term “adjusted age of housing” means the arithmetic product of the age of housing in the metropolitan city or urban county multiplied times the adjustment factor.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “adjusted allowable risk corridor costs” means, for a plan for a coverage year (as defined in subsection (b)(4))— (i) the allowable risk c

  • The term “adjusted amount” means, with respect to a covered State— (A) for fiscal year 2008, 90 percent of— (i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006 under section 102(a

  • For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted average per capita cost” means the average per capita amount that the Secretary estimates in advance (on the basis of actual experi

  • The term “adjusted base amount” means— (A) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, $34,000, (B) $44,000 in the case of a joint return, and (C) zero in the case of a taxpaye

  • The term “adjusted base period income” means the average of the inflation-adjusted possession incomes of the corporation for each base period year.

  • For purposes of clause (i), the term “adjusted cash value” means the cash surrender value of the policy or contract increased by the sum of— (I) commissions payable with respect to

  • The term “adjusted disbursements” means disbursements from the plan reduced by the product of— (I) the plan's funding target attainment percentage for the plan year, and (II) the s

  • The term "adjusted exploration expenditures" means, with respect to any property or mine— (A) the amount of the expenditures allowed for the taxable year and all precedin

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “adjusted Federal long-term rate” means the Federal long-term rate determined under section 1274(d), except that— (A) paragraphs (2) and (3)

  • For purposes of this part, the term "adjusted financial statement income" means, with respect to any corporation for any taxable year, the net income or loss of the taxpa

  • The term “adjusted funding target attainment percentage” means the funding target attainment percentage which is determined under paragraph (1) by increasing each of the amounts un

  • For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted gross estate” means the value of the gross estate (determined without regard to this section)— / For purposes of this section, the

  • the term “adjusted gross income” means— (i) in the case of a dependent student, for the second tax year preceding the academic year— (I) the adjusted gross income (as defined in se

  • In this paragraph, the term “adjusted historical payment basis” means, with respect to a physicians’ service furnished in a fee schedule area, the weighted average prevailing charg

  • The terms “adjusted income” and “income” shall have the meaning given such terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)]. / The terms “adjuste

  • The term “adjusted income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties” means the gross income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties (including production payments and overriding royalties)

  • The term “adjusted income from rents” means the gross income from rents, reduced by the amount subtracted under paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection. For purposes of the preceding s

  • For purposes of subparagraph (E), the term “adjusted investor equity” means, with respect to any calendar year, the aggregate amount of cash taxpayers invested with respect to the

  • For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "adjusted national average monthly bid amount" means the national average monthly bid amount computed under paragraph (4), as

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “adjusted net capital gain” means the sum of— (A) net capital gain (determined without regard to paragraph (11)) reduced (but not below ze

  • For purposes of subsection (j), the term “adjusted net income” means the excess (if any) of— (A) the gross income for the taxable year (determined with the income modifications pro

  • The term “adjusted net operating loss” means the net operating loss for any taxable year determined with the adjustments set forth in subparagraph (C).

  • The term “adjusted noninsured crop disaster assistance program yield” means— (A) in the case of an eligible producer on a farm that has at least 4 years of production history under

  • The term “adjusted ordinary gross income” means the ordinary gross income adjusted as follows: (A) From the gross income from rents (as defined in the second sentence of paragraph

  • For purposes of paragraph (4), the term “adjusted qualifying income” means the product of— (i) the highest family income which (as of the date the financing was provided) would hav

  • In paragraph (2), the term “adjusted reasonable costs” means, with respect to any services, reasonable costs determined for such services, reduced by 10 percent. The 10-percent red

  • For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted sales price” means the amount realized, reduced by the aggregate of the expenses for work performed on the old residence in order t

  • The term “adjusted self-employment income” means self-employment income (as defined in section 1402(b)); except that section 1402(b) shall be applied by placing wages (within the m

  • The term “adjusted share” means the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (i) the base share for the eligibl

  • For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted taxable estate” means the taxable estate reduced by $60,000.

  • For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted taxable gifts” means the total amount of the taxable gifts (within the meaning of section 2503 as modified by section 2511) made by

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "adjusted taxable income" means taxable income increased by the sum of— (i) the amount allowed for the taxable year under parag

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “adjusted tax attributes” means the sum of the tax attributes described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (F), and (G) of subsection (

  • For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term “adjusted tax difference with respect to the estate” means the excess of what would have been the estate tax liability but for subsection

  • The term “adjusted value” means the value determined in accordance with Articles 1 through 8, Article 15, and the corresponding interpretive notes of the Agreement on Implementatio

  • The term “adjusted year” means the partnership taxable year to which the item being adjusted relates.

  • In the case of any regulated investment company, the term "adjustment" means— (A) any increase in the investment company taxable income of the regulated investment compan

  • Second. The term “Adjustment Board” means the National Railroad Adjustment Board created by this chapter.

  • The term “adjustment factor” means a factor applicable to a fiscal year that is the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) for October

  • For purposes of this section and section 262m–1 of this title , the term “adjustment lending” means nonproject lending in support of structural macroeconomic reforms or sectoral ec

  • As used in this section, the term “adjustment percentage” means, with respect to a fiscal year, the percentage (if any) by which— (1) the average of the Consumer Price Index (as de

  • The term "adjustment year" means the partnership taxable year in which— (A) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to the decision of a court in a proceeding brought under

  • The term "administer" refers to the direct application of a controlled substance to the body of a patient or research subject by— (A) a practitioner (or, in his presence,

  • the term “administering agency” means the Agency for International Development;

  • The term "administering authority" means the administering authority described in section 1677(1) of this title. / The term “administering authority” has the meaning give

  • the term “administering body” means the entity provided for in section 2430g(c) of this title; / The term “administering body” means the entity provided for in section 2431g(c) of

  • “administering office” means the lowest unit of an agency responsible for managing a domestic assistance program.

  • “administering organization” means the recognized, voluntary, private sector, consensus standards body with specific experience in developing model residential building codes and s

  • The term “administering Secretaries” means the Secretaries of executive departments specified in section 1073 of this title as having responsibility for administering this chapter.

  • The term “administering Secretary” or “administering Secretaries” means the following: (A) The Secretary of Defense, with respect to the armed forces (including the Coast Guard whe

  • the term “Administration” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; / The term "Administration" means the Transportation Security Administration. / The ter

  • the term "Administration for Community Living" means the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services;

  • The term “Administration human space flight vehicle” means a space vehicle, as defined in section 20138(a) of this title , that— (A) is intended to transport one or more persons; (

  • The term “administrative access” means the unrestricted use of land and interests in land for ingress and egress by an agency of the United States (including a permittee, contracto

  • “administrative agency” means an authority as defined by section 551(1) of this title; and

  • The term “administrative assessment” means the fee established pursuant to subsection (d)(7)(D).

  • The term “administrative cost” means the cost of necessary administrative functions which— (i) the tribe or tribal organization incurs as a result of operating a tribal elementary

  • The term "administrative costs" means expenditures incurred in the performance of administrative functions under the vocational rehabilitation program carried out under s

  • The term "administrative expenses" means only those expenses related to assessing, negotiating, executing, and managing lease and easement transactions. The term does not

  • As used in this subsection, the term “administrative expenses of the receiver” includes— (A) the actual, necessary costs and expenses incurred by the receiver in preserving the ass

  • the term "administrative leave" means leave— (A) without loss of or reduction in— (i) pay; (ii) leave to which an employee is otherwise entitled under law; or (iii) credi

  • Officers and members of crews (hereinafter referred to as “seamen”) employed on United States or foreign flag vessels as employees of the United States through the War Shipping Adm

  • “administrative offset” means withholding funds payable by the United States (including funds payable by the United States on behalf of a State government) to, or held by the Unite

  • The term “administrative or clerical tasks” means the receipt, collection, and distribution of information common for the processing or underwriting of a loan in the mortgage indus

  • In this section, the term “administrative organization” means a nonprofit private organization that enters into an agreement with the Corporation to carry out this section.

  • “administrative procedure” means procedure used in carrying out an administrative program and is to be broadly construed to include any aspect of agency organization, procedure, or

  • The term “administrative proceeding” means any procedure or other action before the Internal Revenue Service. / “administrative proceeding” means any Department of the Interior age