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The term "covered subcontractor" means a subcontractor who has entered into an eligible subcontract with a prime contractor.

The term "covered subjects" means— (A) science; (B) technology; (C) engineering; (D) mathematics; (E) computer science; (F) computational thinking; (G) artificial intelli

The term “covered subsidiary” means a subsidiary of a covered financial company, other than— (A) an insured depository institution; (B) an insurance company; or (C) a covered broke

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

The term "covered support" means any grant, contract, subcontract, award, loan, program, support, or other activity authorized under this division or division A, or an am

The term “covered surrogate foreign corporation” means any surrogate foreign corporation (as determined under section 7874(a)(2)(B) by substituting “September 20, 2021” for “March

the term "covered synthetic drug" has the meaning given that term in section 5558 of the FENTANYL Results Act.

The term “covered system” means— (A) a vehicle, weapon platform, or conventional weapon system that— (i) includes features designed to provide some degree of protection to users in

Covered Task Defined.—In this section, the term “covered task”— (1) with respect to a gas pipeline facility, has the meaning such term has under section 192.801 of title 49, Code o

The term "covered technology" means— (A) any goods, technology, software, or related material specified in the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex, as in effect on th

The term “covered technology category” means the following: (A) Advanced bulk materials. (B) Advanced manufacturing. (C) Autonomous mobile robots. (D) Battery storage. (E) Biochemi

The term "covered territorial instrumentality" means a territorial instrumentality designated by the Oversight Board pursuant to section 2121 of this title to be subject

For purposes of this subsection, the term “covered territories” means Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The term “covered territory” means a territory for which an Oversight Board has been established under section 2121 of this title .

In this chapter, the term “covered territory business” means a small business concern that has its principal office located in one of the following: (1) The United States Virgin Is

The term "covered territory mentor" means a mentor that enters into an agreement under this chapter, or under any mentor-protege program approved under subsection (b)(1),

The term "covered territory protege" means a protege of a covered territory mentor that is a covered territory business.

In this paragraph, the term "covered topic" means a topic covered under the curricula developed or identified under clause (i), (ii), or (iv) of section 10381(n)(1)(A) 1

The term “covered training entity” means an entity that— (A) is located in a State that borders on the— (i) Gulf of Mexico; (ii) Atlantic Ocean; (iii) Long Island Sound; (iv) Pacif

The term “covered transaction” means— (i) any open market transaction with a nongovernmental third party conducted under section 353 of this title or section 354, 355, or 356 of th

The term "covered transmission project" means a high-voltage interstate or offshore electricity transmission line— (A) that is proposed to be constructed and to operate—

The term "covered TRICARE-eligible individual" means an individual entitled to dental care under chapter 55 of title 10, pursuant to section 1076c of such title, who the

For purposes of this subsection, the term “covered unemployment compensation debt” means— (A) a past-due debt for erroneous payment of unemployment compensation due to fraud or the

The term “covered United States persons” means members of the Armed Forces of the United States, elected or appointed officials of the United States Government, and other persons e

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

The term “covered vegetation management activity” means any activity described in subparagraph (B) that— (i) (I) is carried out on National Forest System land administered by the F

The term "covered vehicle" means a passenger vehicle, light truck, or heavy truck.

Covered Vessel Defined.—In this section, the term "covered vessel" means any vessel of the Navy that is under construction on or after the date of the enactment of this s

The term “covered veteran” means an individual whose children are eligible for health care and benefits under this chapter. / The term "covered veteran" means a veteran w

The term “covered veterans” means veterans described in section 1703(b) of this title . / The term “covered veterans” means veterans described in section 1703(b) of this title .

Covered Veterans' Cemetery Defined.—In this section, the term "covered veterans' cemetery" means a veterans' cemetery— (1) in which a deceased veteran described in subsec

The term "covered voice communication" means a voice communication (including any related signaling information) that is generated— (A) from the placement of a call from

The term "covered voyage" means a voyage of— (i) a commercial passenger vessel which extends over 1 or more nights, or (ii) a commercial vessel transporting passengers en

Covered water heater.—The term "covered water heater" means— (I) a water heater; and (II) a storage water heater, instantaneous water heater, and unfired hot water storag

The term “covered water resource project” means a work of improvement carried out under any of the following: (A) This chapter. (B) Section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (Publ

The term "covered water resources development law" means— (A) the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014; (B) the Water Resources Development Act of 2016; (C)

The term “covered website” means the website established and maintained by the Director under subsection (b).

Covered work.—The term "covered work" means a literary work produced by a covered author in the course of employment at a covered institution for publication by a scholar

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

In this section, the term "covered workforce activity" means an activity relating to— (1) recruitment or retention of the intelligence community workforce; or (2) diversi

The term “covered work-study activities” means qualifying work-study activities described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (H), (I), or (J) of paragraph (5) for which an individual is pa

In this subparagraph, the term “covered year” means, with respect to the information required under clause (i), the year covered by the annual report submitted under subsection (b)

The term “covering practitioner” means, with respect to a patient, a practitioner who conducts a medical evaluation (other than an in-person medical evaluation) at the request of a

As used in this subchapter, the term “covert action” means an activity or activities of the United States Government to influence political, economic, or military conditions abroad

The term “covert agent” means— (A) a present or retired officer or employee of an intelligence agency or a present or retired member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty with an in

The term "COVID–19" means the 2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. / The term "COVID–19" means the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

The term “COVID–19 emergency” means the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020 under the Nation

In this title,1 the term “COVID–19 public health emergency”— (1) means the public health emergency first declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services

The term "CPI housing component" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor known as the Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consu

In this section, “CRAF-eligible aircraft” means aircraft of a type the Secretary of Defense has determined to be eligible to participate in the civil reserve air fleet.

“crash avoidance” means preventing or mitigating a crash;

“crashworthiness” means the protection a passenger motor vehicle gives its passengers against personal injury or death from a motor vehicle accident; and

the terms “credentialed” and “credentialing” mean having provided, or providing, respectively, documentation that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies the qualificat

the terms “credentialed” and “credentialing” mean having provided, or providing, respectively, documentation that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies the qualificat

The term "credentials verification organization" means an entity that manages the provider credentialing process and performs credentialing verification for non-Departmen

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “credible fear of persecution” means that there is a significant possibility, taking into account the credibility of the statements made

The term "credible information" includes all of the following: (A) Reports by the Department of State. (B) Reports of other Federal agencies, including the Department of

makes, draws, utters, or delivers any check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time that the maker or drawer has not or wil

For purposes of this part, the term "creditable coverage" means, with respect to an individual, coverage of the individual under any of the following: (A) A group health

The term "creditable foreign taxes" means, with respect to any distribution, any withholding tax imposed with respect to such distribution, but only if the taxpayer choos

The term “creditable health coverage” has the meaning given the term “creditable coverage” under section 2701(c) 2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg(c) ) and inclu

For purposes of this part, the term "creditable prescription drug coverage" means any of the following coverage, but only if the coverage meets the requirement of paragra

The term “credit allowance date” means, with respect to any issue, the last day of the 1-year period beginning on the date of issuance of such issue and the last day of each succes

For purposes of clause (i), the term “credit amount” means the sum of the products determined under clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (d)(2)(A).

The term “credit authority” means authority to incur direct loan obligations or to incur primary loan guarantee commitments.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "credit base" means— (i) the portion of the basis of any qualified rehabilitated building attributable to qualified rehabilitatio

The term “credit card” means any card, plate, coupon book or other credit device existing for the purpose of obtaining money, property, labor, or services on credit. / Credit; cred

the term “credit card system member” means a financial institution or other entity that is a member of a credit card system, including an entity, whether affiliated with or identic

For purposes of this subsection, the term “credit carryback” has the meaning given such term by section 6511(d)(4)(C). / For purposes of this paragraph, the term “credit carryback”

The term “credit counseling services” means— (i) the providing of educational information to the general public on budgeting, personal finance, financial literacy, saving and spend

The term “credit elsewhere” means— (1) for the purposes of this chapter (except as used in section 636(b) of this title ), the availability of credit on reasonable terms and condit

Credit facility.—The term "credit facility" means a program or facility, including any special purpose vehicle or other entity established by or on behalf of the Board of

“credit hours” means any hours, within a flexible schedule established under section 6122 of this title , which are in excess of an employee’s basic work requirement and which the

The term “creditor” means a person— (A) who— (i) is engaged in the business of extending consumer credit; and (ii) meets such additional criteria as are specified for such purpose

“creditor agency” means any agency owed a claim that seeks to collect that claim through administrative offset; and

The term “credit outstanding” includes— (I) any loan or extension of credit, (II) the issuance of a guarantee, acceptance, or letter of credit, including an endorsement or standby

For purposes of this section, the term “credit period” means, with respect to any building, the period of 10 taxable years beginning with— (A) the taxable year in which the buildin

The term “credit program account” means the budget account into which an appropriation to cover the cost of a direct loan or loan guarantee program is made and from which such cost

The term “credit rating” means an assessment of the creditworthiness of an obligor as an entity or with respect to specific securities or money market instruments.

The term “credit rating agency” means any person— (A) engaged in the business of issuing credit ratings on the Internet or through another readily accessible means, for free or for

For purposes of this subsection, the term “credit recapture” means any increase in tax under section 42(j) or 50(a).

The term “credit repair organization”— (A) means any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails to sell, provide, or perform (or represent that such pe

The term “credit sale” refers to any sale in which the seller is a creditor. The term includes any contract in the form of a bailment or lease if the bailee or lessee contracts to

In this subsection, the term “credit score” means a numerical value or a categorization created by a third party derived from a statistical tool or modeling system used by a person

The term “credit transfer agreement” means a formal agreement, such as an articulation agreement, among and between secondary and postsecondary education institutions or systems th

the term “credit union” has the meaning given the term in section 5301 of this title ; / The term “credit union” means a Federal credit union, State credit union, or State-chartere

the term “credit union organization” means any entity that— (A) is not a credit union; (B) is an entity in which an insured credit union may lawfully hold an ownership interest or

The term "CREP" means a conservation reserve enhancement program carried out under subsection (b)(1).

The term “crest facilities” means— (A) all facilities and developments located on the crest of Sandia Mountain, including the Sandia Crest Electronic Site; (B) electronic site acce

“crew” means any employee of a licensee or transferee, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a licensee or transferee, who performs activities in the course of that employment dir

For purposes of this chapter, the term “crew leader” means an individual who furnishes individuals to perform agricultural labor for another person, if such individual pays (either

The term “crewman” means a person serving in any capacity on board a vessel or aircraft.

The term "crewmember" has the meaning given such term in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). / The term “crewmember” means an

The term “color rendering index” or “CRI” means the measure of the degree of color shift objects undergo when illuminated by a light source as compared with the color of those same

In this subsection, the term “crib” includes— (A) new and used cribs; (B) full-sized or nonfull-sized cribs; and (C) portable cribs and crib-pens.

In this section, the term "crib bumper"— (1) means any material that is intended to cover the sides of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occupant from impacts against

Any alien who at any time after admission is convicted of a crime of domestic violence, a crime of stalking, or a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment is depor

As used in this section, the term “crime of violence” has the meaning given that term in section 16 of title 18 . / The term “crime of violence” has the meaning given such term in

the term "crime of violence motivated by gender" means a crime of violence committed because of gender or on the basis of gender, and due, at least in part, to an animus

Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring di