United States Code

The term “control or inspection procedure” means any procedure used, directly or indirectly, to determine that a sanitary or phytosanitary measure is fulfilled, including sampling,

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a majority of the shares of the capital stock of any such corporation shall at all times be held and owned by citizens of the Unite

Control techniques.—The term “control techniques” means methods for guiding and controlling the operations of information systems to ensure adherence to the provisions of subchapte

“convener” means a person who impartially assists an agency in determining whether establishment of a negotiated rulemaking committee is feasible and appropriate in a particular ru

“Convention” means the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals signed at Washington on February 9, 1957, as amended by the protocol signed in Washington o

The term “Convention adoption” means an adoption of a child resident in a foreign country party to the Convention by a United States citizen, or an adoption of a child resident in

The term “conventional biofuel” means renewable fuel that is ethanol derived from corn starch.

the term “conventional energy source” means energy produced from oil, gas, coal, and nuclear fuels; and

The term “conventional gasoline” means any gasoline which does not meet specifications set by a certification under this subsection.

The term “conventional mortgage” means a mortgage other than a mortgage as to which the Corporation has the benefit of any guaranty, insurance or other obligation by the United Sta

The term “convention and trade show activity” means any activity of a kind traditionally conducted at conventions, annual meetings, or trade shows, including, but not limited to, a

“Convention area” means the waters of the North Pacific Ocean and its adjacent seas, north of 33 degrees North Latitude,1 beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which th

The term "Convention country" means a country for which the Hague Abduction Convention has entered into force with respect to the United States. / The term “Convention co

“convention oil” means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and lubricating oil;

The term “Convention on Psychotropic Substances” means the Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed at Vienna, Austria, on February 21, 1971; and the term “Single Convention on

“Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives” means the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection, Done at Montreal on 1 March 1991.

The term “Convention record” means any item, collection, or grouping of information contained in an electronic or physical document, an electronic collection of data, a photograph,

“Convention waters” means the maritime areas off the west coast of the United States and Canada described in article I of the Convention.

Conversion Health Policy Defined.—In this section, the term “conversion health policy” means a health insurance policy with a private insurer, developed through negotiations betwee

“conversion project” means a project, which has five or more residential units, which was used primarily for residential rental purposes immediately prior to being converted to a c

For purposes of this section, the term "conversion transaction" means any transaction—

The term “converted wetland” means wetland that has been drained, dredged, filled, leveled, or otherwise manipulated (including any activity that results in impairing or reducing t

The term "Convertible Capital Appreciation Bond" means a Bond that does not pay interest on a current basis, but for which interest amounts are added to principal over ti

“conveyance” means an instrument, including a conditional sales contract, affecting title to, or an interest in, property.

The term “conveyed property” means an eligible facility that has been conveyed to a qualifying entity under section 2903 of this title .

“convey or conveyance” means (A) a transfer to a purchaser of legal title in a unit at settlement, other than as security for an obligation, or (B) the acquisition by a purchaser o

“Convicted” includes a verdict, judgment, or plea of guilty, or a finding of guilt on a plea of nolo contendere, if such verdict, judgment, plea, or finding has not been reversed,

The term “conviction” means, with respect to an alien, a formal judgment of guilt of the alien entered by a court or, if adjudication of guilt has been withheld, where— (i) a judge

The term “conviction for a relevant crime” means any Federal or State criminal conviction for— (i) any offense described in section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1

“conviction notice date” means the date on which an agency that employs a law enforcement officer has notice that the officer has been convicted of a felony that is entered by a Fe

The term “co-occurring conditions” means one or more adverse health conditions in an individual with HIV/AIDS, without regard to whether the individual has AIDS and without regard

As used in this paragraph, the term “Cook Inlet Regional Corporation” means Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated.

The term “Cook lands” means the lands described in paragraph (5) of the Settlement Agreement.

The term “cooperating agency” means any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency that has been designated as a cooperating agency under section 4336a(a)(3) of this title . / The ter

Cooperating authority.—The term "cooperating authority" means a Department of Transportation operating administration or secretarial office that has expertise but is not

In general.—The term "cooperating forestry school" means an institution— (i) that is eligible to receive funds under Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Ste

The term "cooperating individual" means, with respect to an antitrust leniency agreement, a current or former director, officer, or employee of the antitrust leniency app

The term “cooperating party” means any person who enters into an agreement with the Administration for the performance of cooperative scientific, aeronautical, or space activities

The term “cooperating producer” means any person (including any share-tenant or share-cropper) whom the Secretary of Agriculture finds to be willing to participate in the 1935 prod

The term “cooperative” means a private sector organization whose members own and control the organization and share in its services and its profits and that provides business servi

The term “cooperative agreement” means a written agreement between a Federal agency and a State agency entered into pursuant to this section. / The term “cooperative agreement” mea

As used in this chapter, the term "cooperative association" means any association in which farmers act together in processing, preparing for market, handling, and/or mark

The term “cooperative association of producers” means any cooperative association, corporate, or otherwise, not less than 75 percent in good faith owned or controlled, directly or

The term “Cooperative Aviation Center” means a Cooperative Aviation Center designated under subsection (b)(1).

The term “cooperative bank” means an institution without capital stock organized and operated for mutual purposes and without profit, which— (A) is subject by law to supervision an

The term “cooperative education” means a method of education for individuals who, through written cooperative arrangements between a school and employers, receive instruction, incl

The term “cooperative electric company” means a mutual or cooperative electric company described in section 501(c)(12) or section 1381(a)(2)(C), or a not-for-profit electric utilit

The term “Cooperative Extension” means the extension services established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914 [ 7 U.S.C. 341 et seq

The term “cooperative extension services” means the organizations established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. 372–374

The term “cooperative grant” means a grant that assists groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement program.

The term “cooperative housing corporation” has the meaning given to such term by section 216(b)(1). / The term “cooperative housing corporation” means a corporation— (A) having one

The term “Cooperative Management and Protection Area” means the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area designated by part A.

The term “cooperative project” means a jointly managed arrangement, described in a written cooperative agreement entered into by the participants, that— (A) is undertaken by the pa

“cooperative property” means the real estate and personal property subject to cooperative ownership and all other property owned by the cooperative association;

the term “cooperative research and development” means research or research and development conducted jointly by a small business concern and a research institution in which not les

The term “cooperative research and development agreement” has the meaning given that term by section 12(d) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 371

The term “cooperative research and development project” means a project involving joint participation by the United States and one or more countries and organizations referred to i

As employed in this chapter, the term “cooperative”, or “cooperatives”, means any form of nonprofit-making organization or organizations of citizens supplying, or which may be crea

The term "Cooperative Threat Reduction funds" means funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations for the Program, or otherwise made available to the

“cooperative unit” means a part of the cooperative property which is subject to exclusive use and possession by a cooperative unit owner. A unit may be improvements, land, or land

“cooperative unit owner” means the person having a membership or share interest in the cooperative association and holding a lease, or other muniment of title or possession, of a c

The term “cooperator” means any State or local government, public or private agency, organization, institution, corporation, individual, or other entity. / The term “cooperator” me

the term “coordinated program” means the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program established by section 5311(a) of this title;

In this section, the term “Coordinated Universal Time” means the time scale maintained through the General Conference of Weights and Measures and interpreted or modified for the Un

The term “Coordinating Committee” means the National Rural Development Coordinating Committee established by subsection (c).

The term “coordinating group” means the interagency aquaculture coordinating group established by section 2805 of this title .

The term “Coordination Area” means a wildlife management area that is made available to a State— (A) by cooperative agreement between the United States Fish and Wildlife Service an

The term “Coordination Office” means the National Quantum Coordination Office established under section 8812(a) of this title .

The term “Ashanti Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice” or “Coordinator” means the employee designated by the Attorney General to act as the national coordinator of the A

“Copies” are material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, o

“copilot” means an employee whose duties include assisting or relieving the pilot in manipulating an aircraft and who is qualified to serve as, and has in effect an airman certific

(1) Any person to whom subsection (a) applies shall cause to be affixed to every copy of any matter described in subsection (a)(1) in such manner and in such form as the Attorney G

Definition.—As used in this section, the term “copyright management information” means any of the following information conveyed in connection with copies or phonorecords of a work

the terms “audiovisual work”, “computer program”, “copies”, “copyright owner”, “digital transmission”, “financial gain”, “motion picture”, “motion picture exhibition facility”, “pe

As used in this section the word “copyrights” includes copyrights, claims of copyrights, rights to copyrights, and rights to copyright renewals. / As used in this section the word

The term "coral" means species of the phylum Cnidaria, including— (A) all species of the orders Antipatharia (black corals), Scleractinia (stony corals), Alcyonacea (soft

The term "coral products" means any living or dead specimens, parts, or derivatives, or any product containing specimens, parts, or derivatives, of any species of coral.

The term "coral reef" means calcium carbonate structures in the form of a reef or shoal, composed in whole or in part by living coral, skeletal remains of coral, crustose

The term "coral reef ecosystem" means— (A) corals and other geographically and ecologically associated marine communities of other reef organisms (including reef plants a

The term "coral reef ecosystem services" means the attributes and benefits provided by coral reef ecosystems including— (A) protection of coastal beaches, structures, and

The term “cordage” includes yarns, twines (including binding twine described in paragraph 1622 1 of section 1201 of title 19), cords, cordage, rope and cable, tarred or untarred, w

The term “core academic subjects” means English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography.

Core capacity improvement project.—The term "core capacity improvement project" means a substantial corridor-based capital investment in an existing fixed guideway system

Unless the Comptroller prescribes a more stringent definition, the term “core capital” means core capital as defined by the Comptroller of the Currency for national banks, less any

The term “core data elements” means data elements relating to financial management, administration, or management that— (A) are not program-specific in nature or program-specific o

The term “core labor standards” means— (A) freedom of association; (B) the effective recognition of the right to bargain collectively; (C) the elimination of all forms of compulsor

The term “core logistics capabilities” means the core logistics capabilities identified under section 2464(a) of this title. / The term “core logistics capabilities” means the core

The term “core network” means the core network described in section 1422(b)(1) of this title .

The terms “core program”, “individual with a barrier to employment”, “local area”, “local board”, “one-stop operator”, “outlying area”, “State”, “State board”, and “supportive serv

The term “core program provision” means— (A) subparts 2 and 3 of part B of subchapter I (relating to youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated worker employmen

The term "core programs" means a program authorized under a core program provision.

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “core qualifying activities” means activities in operating qualifying vessels in United States foreign trade.

the term “core requirements”— (A) means the requirements described in paragraphs (11), (12), (13), and (15) of section 11133(a) of this title ; and (B) does not include the data co

The term “core services” means— (A) educational and support services provided to assist parents in acquiring parenting skills, learning about child development, and responding appr

In this section, the term “core set” means a group of valid, reliable, and evidence-based quality measures that, taken together— (A) provide information regarding the quality of he

The term “corn” means field corn.

The term "coronavirus" means SARS–CoV–2 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential.

For purposes of this section, the term “corporate acquisition indebtedness” means any obligation evidenced by a bond, debenture, note, or certificate or other evidence of indebtedn

Corporate board.—The term “Corporate Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation described in section 5903 of this title.

The term “corporate bond yield curve” means, with respect to any month, a yield curve which is prescribed by the Secretary for such month and which reflects the average, for the 24