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  • The term “current cabin user fee” means the most recent cabin user fee that results from an annual adjustment to the base cabin user fee in accordance with section 6207 of this tit

  • The term “current closing costs” means the amount which the taxpayer would be required to pay for qualified closing costs if the closing activities were performed currently.

  • The term “current expenditures” means expenditures for free public education, including expenditures for administration, instruction, attendance and health services, pupil transpor

  • The term “current fiscal year” means the fiscal year ending in the calendar year in which the report is submitted.

  • The term “current investigation file” means, with respect to a security clearance, a file on an investigation or adjudication that has been conducted during— (A) the 5-year period

  • The term “current liability” means all liabilities to employees and their beneficiaries under the plan. / The term "current liability" means all liabilities to employees

  • The term “currently engaging in the illegal use of a controlled substance” means the illegal use of a controlled substance that occurred recently enough to justify a reasonable bel

  • “currently operating tracks” means racing associations conducting parimutuel horseracing at the same time of day (afternoon against afternoon; nighttime against nighttime) as the r

  • The term "current monthly income"— (A) means the average monthly income from all sources that the debtor receives (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor's spouse r

  • The term “current reclamation costs” means the amount which the taxpayer would be required to pay for qualified reclamation costs if the reclamation activities were performed curre

  • For the purpose of earning the default aversion fee, the term “current repayment status” means that the borrower is not delinquent in the payment of any principal or interest on th

  • The term “current slaughter week” means the period beginning Monday, and ending Sunday, of the week in which a reporting day occurs.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “current stock earnings rate” means, with respect to any taxable year, the average of the stock earnings rates determined under paragraph

  • The term “current support amount” means, with respect to amounts collected as support on behalf of a family, the amount designated as the monthly support obligation of the noncusto

  • The term “current value” means fair market value where available and otherwise the fair value as determined in good faith by a trustee or a named fiduciary (as defined in section 1

  • The term “current year” means, with respect to a budget year, the fiscal year that immediately precedes that budget year. / The term “current year” means the fiscal year during whi

  • The term “curtailment plan” means a plan (including any modification of such plan required by the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 [ 15 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.] ) in effect under the Nat

  • The term “custodial care” means treatment or services, regardless of who recommends such treatment or services or where such treatment or services are provided, that— (A) can be re

  • The term “custodial parent” means the parent having custody for the greater portion of the calendar year.

  • The term “custodian” means— (A) receiver or trustee of any of the property of the debtor, appointed in a case or proceeding not under this title; (B) assignee under a general assig

  • The term “custodian fee” means— (A) any fee incurred by the Funding Corporation in connection with the transfer of any security to, or the maintenance of any security in, the segre

  • “custody determination” means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the custody of a child, and includes permanent and temporary orders, and initial orders an

  • “custody or control” includes temporary supervision over or responsibility for a minor whether legally or illegally obtained;

  • the term “custody or visitation determination” means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the custody or visitation of a child, and includes permanent and te

  • The term “customer” means— (i) the person or entity that contracts with the home service provider for mobile telecommunications services; or (ii) if the end user of mobile telecomm

  • The term “customer-based intangible” means— (i) composition of market, (ii) market share, and (iii) any other value resulting from future provision of goods or services pursuant to

  • The term “customer information of a financial institution” means any information maintained by or for a financial institution which is derived from the relationship between the fin

  • The term “customer name securities” means securities which were held for the account of a customer on the filing date by or on behalf of the debtor and which on the filing date wer

  • “customer name security” means security— (A) held for the account of a customer on the date of the filing of the petition by or on behalf of the debtor; (B) registered in such cust

  • The term “customer of a major acquisition program” means the operating field unit of the Coast Guard that will field the system or systems acquired under a major acquisition progra

  • The term “customer premises equipment” means equipment employed on the premises of a person (other than a carrier) to originate, route, or terminate telecommunications.

  • As used in this section, the terms “commodity broker”, “commodity contract”, “customer”, “customer property”, “member property”, “net equity”, and “security” have the meanings assi

  • The term “customer proprietary network information” means— (A) information that relates to the quantity, technical configuration, type, destination, location, and amount of use of

  • The terms “customer” or “customers” means any entity or entities purchasing firm capacity with or without energy, from the Western Area Power Administration under a long-term firm

  • “customer service measure” means an assessment of service delivery to a customer, client, citizen, or other recipient, which can include an assessment of quality, timeliness, and s

  • The term "customized employment" means competitive integrated employment, for an individual with a significant disability, that is based on an individualized determinatio

  • For purposes of this section, the term “customized training” means training that is— (1) designed to meet the special requirements of an employer or group of employers; (2) conduct

  • the term “Customs” means the United States Customs Service. / The term “Customs” means the United States Customs Service.

  • "customs and border protection officer" means an employee in the Department of Homeland Security (A) who holds a position within the GS–1895 job series (determined applyi

  • In this section, the terms "commercial operations", "customs and trade laws of the United States", "trade enforcement", and "trade facilitation&q

  • The term "customs broker" means any person granted a customs broker's license by the Secretary under subsection (b).

  • The term “customs broker permit” means a permit issued under section 1641(c) of this title .

  • The term “customs business” means those activities involving transactions with U.S. Customs and Border Protection concerning the entry and admissibility of merchandise, its classif

  • The term “customs laws of the United States” means any other law or regulation enforced or administered by the United States Customs Service. / The term “customs laws of the United

  • The terms “officer of the customs” and “customs officer” mean any officer of the United States Customs Service of the Treasury Department (also hereinafter referred to as the “Cust

  • In this part, the term “customs revenue function” means the following: (1) Assessing and collecting customs duties (including antidumping and countervailing duties and duties impos

  • In this section, the term “customs revenue functions” means the functions described in section 212(b)(2) of this title .

  • In this section, the term “customs revenue services” means those customs revenue functions described in paragraphs (1) through (6) and paragraph (8) of section 215 of this title .

  • The term “Customs Service” means United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury.

  • The term “customs territory” means the customs territory of the United States and foreign trade zones.

  • The term “customs territory of the United States” has the meaning given to such term by general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. / For the purposes of

  • The term “Customs Valuation Agreement” means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 referred to in section 3511(d)(8) of

  • The term “Customs Valuation Code” means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, including its interpretative notes.

  • The term “customs value” means the value taken into account for purposes of determining the amount of any customs duties or any other duties which may be imposed on the importation

  • The term “customs waters” means, in the case of a foreign vessel subject to a treaty or other arrangement between a foreign government and the United States enabling or permitting

  • The term “custom textbook”— (A) means a college textbook that is compiled by a publisher at the direction of a faculty member or other person or adopting entity in charge of select

  • The term “cut flowers” means all flowers and decorative foliage used as fresh-cut flowers, fresh-cut decorative foliage, dried, preserved, and processed flowers, or dried and prese

  • The term “cut greens” includes all cultivated or noncultivated decorative foliage cut from growing plants that are used as fresh-cut decorative foliage (except Christmas trees) and

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “cut-off year” means the earlier of— (A) calendar year 2007, or (B) the first calendar year before 2007 for which the Secretary determines u

  • cyberdefined inU.S. Code

    The term "cyber" includes the following: (A) Offensive cyber operations. (B) Defensive cyber operations. (C) Department of Defense information network operations and defe

  • In this subparagraph, the term "cyber attack" means a deliberate action to alter, disrupt, deceive, degrade, or destroy computer systems or networks or the information or

  • The term "cyber attack and cyber campaign of significant consequence" means an incident or series of incidents that has the purpose or effect of— (A) causing a significan

  • The term "cyber capability" means a device or computer program, including any combination of software, firmware, or hardware, designed to create an effect in or through c

  • The term “cyber common operating picture” means the correlation of a detected cyber incident or cyber threat in the national airspace system and other operational anomalies to prov

  • The term "cybercrime against individuals"— (A) means a criminal offense applicable in the area under the jurisdiction of the relevant State, Indian Tribe, or unit of loca

  • In this section, the term "cyber defense operation" means the defensive activities performed for a cybersecurity purpose.

  • In this section, the term “cyber device” means a device that— (1) includes software validated, installed, or authorized by the sponsor as a device or in a device; (2) has the abili

  • The term “cyber environment” means the information environment consisting of the interdependent networks of information technology infrastructures and resident data, including the

  • The term "cyber incident"— (A) has the meaning given the term "incident" in section 659 1 of this title; and (B) does not include an occurrence that imminently,

  • The term "cyber intrusion" means an electronic occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, electronic election infrastructure, or the in

  • "cyber-physical systems" means physical or engineered systems whose networking and information technology functions and physical elements are deeply integrated and are ac

  • In this part, the term “Cybersecurity Advisory Committee” means the advisory committee established under section 665e(a) of this title .

  • In this section, the term "cybersecurity and grid security improvements" means investment in the development, expansion, and modernization of rural utility infrastructure

  • The term “cybersecurity incident” means a malicious act or suspicious event that disrupts, or was an attempt to disrupt, the operation of those programmable electronic devices and

  • The term "cybersecurity mission" means activities that encompass the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, international engagement, incide

  • The term "Cybersecurity Plan" means a plan submitted by an eligible entity under subsection (e)(1).

  • The term "cybersecurity posture" means the ability to identify, to protect against, to detect, to respond to, and to recover from an intrusion in an information system th

  • The term "cybersecurity purpose" means the purpose of protecting an information system or information that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an information system

  • The terms "cybersecurity risk" and "incident" have the meanings given those terms in section 148 of this title. / The term "cybersecurity risk"— (A) m

  • the terms "cybersecurity threat" and "security vulnerability" have the meanings given those terms in section 650 of title 6, as added by section 5171 1 of this

  • The term “cybersecurity vulnerability” has the meaning given the term “security vulnerability” in section 650 of this title .

  • The term "cyberspace"— (A) means the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures; and (B) includes the Internet, telecommunications networks, compute

  • the term "cyber strategy" means resources and tactics to assist in planning for cybersecurity and defending against cyber risks and attacks; and

  • The term “cyber threat” has the meaning given the term “cybersecurity threat” in section 650 of this title . / The term “cyber threat” means the threat of an action that, if carrie

  • The term "cyber threat indicator" means information that is necessary to describe or identify— (A) malicious reconnaissance, including anomalous patterns of communication

  • The term "cyber vulnerability" means any tool, exploit, vulnerability, or code that is intended to compromise a device, network, or system, including such a tool, exploit