United States Code

The term “Commercial Director” means the individual appointed to the position established under section 17081 of this title .

“commercial driver's license” means a license issued by a State to an individual authorizing the individual to operate a class of commercial motor vehicles.

The term “commercial eggs” or “eggs” means eggs from domesticated chickens which are sold for human consumption either in shell egg form or for further processing into egg products

“commercial electric or hybrid vehicle” includes any electric or hybrid vehicle which can be used (A) for business or agricultural production purposes on farms (e.g. tractors and t

The term “commercial electronic mail message” means any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or

The term “commercial enterprise” includes any entity formed for the purpose of doing for-profit business.

The term “commercial entity” or “commercial” means a non-Federal entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States.

The term “commercial establishment”— (A) means an establishment used for commercial purposes, such as a bar, restaurant, private office, fitness club, oil rig, retail store, bank o

The term “commercial facilities” means facilities— (A) that are intended for nonresidential use; and (B) whose operations will affect commerce.

The term “commercial financing security” means (i) paper of a kind ordinarily arising in commercial transactions, (ii) accounts receivable, (iii) mortgages on real property, and (i

“commercial fisherman” means any citizen of the United States who owns, operates, or derives income from being employed on a commercial fishing vessel;

The term “commercial fishing” means fishing in which the fish harvested, either in whole or in part, are intended to enter commerce or enter commerce through sale, barter or trade.

The term “commercial fishing operation” means— (A) the catching or harvesting of fish, shrimp, lobsters, urchins, seaweed, shellfish, or other aquatic species or products of such s

The term “commercial fishing vessel” means a vessel used by a family fisherman to carry out a commercial fishing operation. / The term “commercial fishing vessel” or “fishing vesse

The term "commercial inverter" means an inverter which— (i) is suitable for commercial or utility-scale applications, (ii) has a rated output of 208, 480, 600, or 800 vol

The term “commercial item” has the meaning provided such term by section 403(12) of this title. / As used in this subchapter, the terms “commercial item”, “nondevelopmental item”,

The term “commercialization” means the stage in the development or advancement of a technology at which point private enterprise is willing to invest in a full-scale production fac

The term “commercialization” or “commercialize” includes— (A) activities associated with the development of alternative agricultural products or industrial plants; (B) the applicat

"commercial lending company" means any institution, other than a bank or an organization operating under section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act [12 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], or

The term "commercially available off-the-shelf", has the meaning provided in section 104 of title 41. / The term “commercially available off-the-shelf”, has the meaning p

The term “commercially available off-the-shelf item”— (A) means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) a commercial item, as defined by section 2.101 of

The term "commercially available steelmaking" means the current production method of iron, steel, and steel mill products.

For purposes of this section, the term “commercially impracticable” means, with respect to any requirement applicable to a cable operator, that it is commercially impracticable for

the term “commercially reasonable, market-based terms” means— (A) a nondiscriminatory price for the sale of the covered product at or below, but not greater than, the most recent w

The term “commercially utilized acquisition strategy” means an acquisition of a service by the head of an agency under terms and conditions that— (A) are similar to the terms and c

“commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicle” means an on-highway vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more.

The term “commercial mobile data service” means any mobile service (as defined in section 153 of this title ) that is— (A) a data service; (B) provided for profit; and (C) availabl

the term "commercial mobile service" means any mobile service (as defined in section 153 of this title) that is provided for profit and makes interconnected service avail

The term “commercial motor vehicle” means a commercial motor vehicle, as such term is defined in paragraph (1) of section 31132 of title 49 , that meets the requirements of subpara

The term “commercial motor vehicle operator” means an individual who— (A) possesses a valid commercial driver’s license issued in accordance with section 31308; and (B) is subject

The terms “trade name” and “commercial name” mean any name used by a person to identify his or her business or vocation.

The term “commercial nuclear power reactor” means any unit of a civilian light-water moderated utilization facility required to be licensed under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this ti

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

The term "Commercial Operations Advisory Committee" means the Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

The term “commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection” includes— (A) administering any customs revenue function (as defined in section 215 of title 6 ); (B) coordin

The term “commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment” means air-cooled, water-cooled, evaporatively-cooled, or water source (not including ground water source) elect

The term “commercial pornographic content” means any material that is subject to the record keeping requirements under section 2257 of title 18 .

The term “commercial prerinse spray valve” means a handheld device designed and marketed for use with commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment that sprays water on dishes,

The terms "commercial product", "commercial service", "nondevelopmental item", "component", and "commercial component" have the me

the term “commercial provider” means any person providing space transportation services or other space-related activities, primary control of which is held by persons other than Fe

The term “commercial purpose” means any commercial purpose other than for the production of consumer products containing butyl nitrite that may be used for inhaling or otherwise in

Commercial purposes.—The term "commercial purposes" means the transportation of persons or property for compensation or hire, but does not include the operation of an air

“commercial recovery” means— (A) any activity engaged in at sea to recover any hard mineral resource at a substantial rate for the primary purpose of marketing or commercially usin

The term “commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer” means refrigeration equipment that— (i) is not a consumer product (as defined in section 6291 of this title );

For purposes of this section, the term “commercial revitalization agency” means any agency authorized by a State to carry out this section.

The term “commercial seaport personnel” includes any person engaged in an activity relating to the loading or unloading of cargo or passengers, the movement or tracking of cargo, t

The terms "commercial product", "commercial service", "nondevelopmental item", "component", and "commercial component" have the me

Airport, commercial service airport, and public agency.—The terms "airport", "commercial service airport", and "public agency" have the meaning those

The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act, on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person. / The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act on a

“commercial space transportation infrastructure development” includes— (A) construction, improvement, design, and engineering of space transportation infrastructure in the United S

As used in this section, the term “commercial standards” means— (1) specifications of materials; (2) methods of testing; (3) criteria for adequate performance or operation; (4) mod

The term “commercial technology” means a technology in general use in the commercial marketplace.

As used in this section, the term “commercial television broadcast licensee” includes a cable operator, as defined in section 522 of this title .

The term “commercial transactions financing agreement” means an agreement (entered into by a person in the course of his trade or business)— (i) to make loans to the taxpayer to be

For the purposes of this section, the term “commercial use” means the provision of video programming, whether or not for profit.

The term "commercial use authorization" means a commercial use authorization to provide services to visitors to units of the National Park System under subchapter II of c

The term “commercial vessel” means any vessel used— (i) in transporting cargo by water for compensation or hire, or (ii) in transporting cargo by water in the business of the owner

“commercial vessels” means those vessels used in the business of transporting property for compensation or hire, or in transporting property in the business of the owner, lessee, o

The term “commercial waterway transportation” means any use of a vessel on any inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States— (A) in the business of transporting property fo

the term “commingled raw agricultural commodity” means any commodity that is combined or mixed after harvesting, but before processing;

The term “Commission” means the Federal Election Commission. / For purposes of this section, the term “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. / In this section,

The term “commissioned officer” includes a commissioned warrant officer. / The term “commissioned officer” means a member of the naval service serving in a grade above warrant offi

In this section, the term “commissioned service obligation” means, with respect to an officer who is a graduate of the University, the period beginning on the date of the appointme

The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security. / The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner respon

the term “Commission for Environmental Cooperation” means the commission established by Part Three of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation; and

the term “Commission for Labor Cooperation” means the commission established by Part Three of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; and

The term “Commission investigation” means any inquiry conducted by a Commission investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any unfair

The term “Commission investigator” means any attorney or investigator employed by the Commission who is charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any provisions re

The term “commission merchant” means any person engaged in the business of receiving any farm product for sale, on commission, or for or on behalf of another person. / The term “co

the term “commission of an offense” includes the attempted commission of an offense, the consummation of an offense, and any immediate flight after the commission of an offense; an

The term “Commission State” means a State that contains 1 or more eligible counties.

For purposes of this chapter, other than section 288b of this title , the term “committee” includes standing, select, and special committees of the Senate established by law or res

the term “committee of Congress” includes standing committees, joint committees, and select committees;

the term “committee of the Senate” means— (I) any standing committee (including the majority and minority policy committees) of the Senate; (II) any select committee (including the

The term “Committees” means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. / The term “Committe

The term “Committees of Congress” means the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.

The term “commodities dealer” means a person who is actively engaged in trading section 1256 contracts and is registered with a domestic board of trade which is designated as a con

The term “commodities derivative financial instrument” means any contract or financial instrument with respect to commodities (other than a share of stock in a corporation, a benef

The term “commodities derivatives dealer” means a person which 1 regularly offers to enter into, assume, offset, assign, or terminate positions in commodities derivative financial

The term “commodities trader” means any person who is a member (or, except as otherwise provided in regulations, is entitled to trade as a member) of a domestic board of trade whic

The term “commodity” means wheat, cotton, rice, corn, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, grain sorghums, mill feeds, butter, eggs, Solanum tuberosum (Irish potatoes), wool, wool tops, fa

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

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 “commodity group” means that portion of the flower and plant industry devoted to the production and importation of any one of the following: (A) cut flowers; (B) potted fl

For purposes of paragraph (1)(C)(i), the term “commodity hedging transaction” means any transaction with respect to a commodity if such transaction— (i) is a hedging transaction as

“Commodity only schools” means schools that do not participate in the school lunch program under this chapter, but which receive commodities made available by the Secretary for use

“commodity option” means agreement or transaction subject to regulation under section 4c(b) of the Act;

“commodity options dealer” means person that extends credit to, or that accepts cash, a security, or other property from, a customer of such person for the purchase or sale of an i

The term “commodity pool” means any investment trust, syndicate, or similar form of enterprise operated for the purpose of trading in commodity interests, including any— (i) commod

The term “commodity pool operator” means any person— (i) engaged in a business that is of the nature of a commodity pool, investment trust, syndicate, or similar form of enterprise

In this section, the term “commodity promotion law” means a Federal law that provides for the establishment and operation of a promotion program regarding an agricultural commodity

Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the term “commodity trading advisor” means any person who— (i) for compensation or profit, engages in the business of advising other

the term “common areas and facilities” includes the land and such commercial, community, and other facilities as are approved by the Secretary.

The term “common carrier” means any person (other than a local messenger service or the United States Postal Service) that holds itself out to the general public as a provider for

The term “common defense and security” means the common defense and security of the United States.

“common elements” means all portions of the cooperative or condominium project, other than the units designated for separate ownership or for exclusive possession or use;

The term “common enterprise data” means business operations or management-related data, generally from defense business systems, in a usable format that is automatically accessible

The term “common-funded budgets of NATO” means the Military Budget, the Security Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (and any success

The term "common multilateral environmental agreement" means any agreement specified in subparagraph (B) or included under subparagraph (C) to which both the United State

the term “common or contract carrier” means a carrier holding a certificate of convenience and necessity, a permit for contract carrier by motor vehicle, or other valid operating a