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Each State shall make available to emergency feeding organizations in the State not less than 40 per centum of the funds provided as authorized in paragraph (1) that it has been al

The term “direct graduate medical education costs” means direct costs of approved educational activities for approved medical residency training programs. / The term "direct g

“direct investment” means the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one person of 10 per centum or more of the voting securities of an incorporated business enterprise o

The term "Directive 5101.1" means Department of Defense Directive 5101.1, or any successor directive relating to the responsibilities of an executive agent of the Departm

The term “direct labor” includes all work required for preparation, processing, and packing of a commodity, or work directly relating to the performance of a service, but not super

The term “direct loan” means a disbursement of funds by the Government to a non-Federal borrower under a contract that requires the repayment of such funds with or without interest

The term “direct loan obligation” means a binding agreement by a Federal agency to make a direct loan when specified conditions are fulfilled by the borrower. / The term “direct lo

The term “directly” means a transfer of merchandise or an article from one person to another person without any intermediate transfer.

Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “directly affected covered service employees” means covered service employees to whose hours of service the terms of the waiver p

The term "directly eligible tribe" means— (A) any Indian tribe— (i) that is located in the continental United States; (ii) that operates a law enforcement or emergency re

The term “DOTS” or “Directly Observed Treatment Short-course” means the World Health Organization-recommended strategy for treating tuberculosis including— (A) low-cost and effecti

the term “directly related to the duties of the position” means duties and responsibilities in the same line of work which require similar qualifications.

For purposes of this chapter, the term “direct marketing from farmers to consumers” shall mean the marketing of agricultural commodities at any marketplace (including, but not limi

the term “Director” means the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. / The term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. / Director.—The term &qu

The term “Directorate” means the directorate established in the manner provided in subsection (b)(1) to manage the Financing Corporation.

The term “Director of NIH” means the Director of the National Institutes of Health. / For purposes of this section, the terms “Director of NIH”, “national research institute”, and

The term "Director of OMB" means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The term "Director of the Institute" means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The terms “blank check company”, “rollup transaction”, “partnership”, “limited liability company”, “executive officer of an entity” and “direct participation investment program”, h

The term “direct patient access employee” means any individual who has access to a patient or resident of a long-term care facility or provider through employment or through a cont

The term “direct payment” means a payment made to producers on a farm under section 7913 of this title . / The term “direct payment” means a payment made under section 7953 of this

The term “direct primary care service arrangement” means, with respect to any individual, an arrangement under which such individual is provided medical care (as defined in section

The term “direct producer-to-consumer marketing” has the meaning given the term “direct marketing from farmers to consumers” in section 3002 of this title .

“direct program costs” means costs that can be identified specifically with a particular contract objective; / "direct program costs" means costs that can be identified s

The term "direct provision" means a provision (including a definitional provision) of a direct Act that applies the rights or protections of a direct Act (including right

In this section, the term "direct-release prisoner" means a prisoner who is scheduled for release and will not be placed in prerelease custody. / In this section, the ter

The term “direct seller” means any person if— (A) such person— (i) is engaged in the trade or business of selling (or soliciting the sale of) consumer products to any buyer on a bu

“Direct service industrial customer” means an industrial customer that contracts for the purchase of power from the Administrator for direct consumption.

The term “direct skip” means a transfer subject to a tax imposed by chapter 11 or 12 of an interest in property to a skip person.

the term “direct solar renewable energy” means energy from a device that converts sunlight into useable light within a building, tunnel, or other enclosed structure, replacing arti

The term “direct spending” means— (A) budget authority provided by law other than appropriation Acts; (B) entitlement authority; and (C) the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr

The term “direct threat” means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation. / Nothing in this subchapter shall requir

The term "direct-to-consumer television advertisement" means an advertisement for a prescription drug product (as defined in section 379g(3) of this title) intended to be

Have exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the provision of direct-to-home satellite services. As used in this subsection, the term “direct-to-home satellite services” means the distr

“direct use” means utilization of geothermal resources for commercial, residential, agricultural, public facilities, or other energy needs other than the commercial production of e

The term "direct use of geothermal energy" means geothermal systems that use water directly or through a heat exchanger to provide— (A) heating and cooling to buildings,

The term “dirty egg” means an egg that has a shell that is unbroken and has adhering dirt or foreign material.

Definitions.—In this section, the terms “assistive technology”, “assistive technology device”, “assistive technology service”, and “disability” have the meanings given those terms

The term “disability advisory committee” means a body of stakeholders (including airport staff, airline representatives, and individuals with disabilities) that provide to airports

For purposes of this section, the term "disability annuity overpayment" means the amount of the reduction under section 8452(a)(2) of title 5 applicable to a monthly annu

The term “disability certification” means, with respect to an individual, a certification to the satisfaction of the Secretary by the individual or the parent or guardian of the in

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “disability income” means the aggregate amount includable in the gross income of the individual for the taxable year under section 72 or

The term “disability rated as total” means— (A) a disability that is rated as total under the standard schedule of rating disabilities in use by the Department of Veterans Affairs;

The term “disabled beneficiary” means a title II disability beneficiary or a title XVI disability beneficiary. / The term “disabled beneficiary” means an individual— (A) who is a d

The terms “elderly family”, “disabled family”, and “near-elderly family” have the meanings given the terms under section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [ 42 U.S.C

The term “disabled veteran” means (A) a veteran who is entitled to compensation under laws administered by the Secretary for a disability rated at 30 percent or more, or (B) a vete

Subject to subclause (V), the term "disadvantaged adult" means an adult who received an income, or is a member of a family that received a total family income, that, in r

The term “disadvantaged area” means a community with an annual median household income that is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income, as determined b

In accrediting qualified third parties to carry out the certification process under this subsection, a selected entity shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that the third parti

The term “disadvantaged business concerns” means small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined in section 1 124,

The term "disadvantaged community" means a community (including a city, town, county, or reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality) with an annua

The term “disadvantaged entrepreneur” means a microentrepreneur that is— (A) a low-income person; (B) a very low-income person; or (C) an entrepreneur that lacks adequate access to

The term “disadvantaged small business concern” means a firm that is not more than the size standard corresponding to its primary North American Industry Classification System code

Subject to paragraph (3), the term “disadvantaged youth” means an individual who is age 16 through 21 who received an income, or is a member of a family that received a total famil

The term “claim” as used in this section means any writing which uses words showing an intention to claim insurance benefits; and the term “disagreement” means a denial of the clai

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disallowance of an applicable energy credit” means the disallowance of a credit under section 45X, 45Y, or 48E by reason of overstating t

The term “disallowed cost” means a questioned cost that management, in a management decision, has sustained or agreed should not be charged to the Government.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disallowed interest expense” means the aggregate amount disallowed under subsection (a) with respect to the market discount bond.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disapproval resolution” means only a joint resolution of either House of Congress the matter after the resolving clause of which is as fo

The terms “arms control” and “disarmament” mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all k

For the purposes of this chapter, the term "disaster" means a sudden event which causes severe damage including, but not limited to, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthq

For purposes of this section, the term “disaster area” means an area in which the President, pursuant to section 5170 of title 42 , has determined that a major disaster exists. / t

The term “disaster county” means a county included in the geographic area covered by a qualifying natural disaster declaration. / The term “disaster county” includes— (i) a county

the term “disaster loan program of the Administration” means assistance under section 636(b) of this title , as amended by this Act;

In this subsection, the term “disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State” means a State that is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, for which, at any time during the pre

the term “disaster-related substantial economic injury” means economic harm to a business concern that results in the inability of the business concern to— (I) meet its obligations

For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term “disaster relief” means activities carried out pursuant to a determination under section 5122(2) of title 42 .

The term "disaster response duty" means duty performed by a member of the National Guard in State status pursuant to an emergency declaration by the Governor of the State

the term “disaster update period” means the period beginning on the date on which the President declares a major disaster (including any major disaster relating to which the Admini

The term “disbursements from the plan” means all disbursements from the trust, including purchases of annuities, payments of single sums and other benefits, and administrative expe

For purposes of this title, the term “DISC” means, with respect to any taxable year, a corporation which is incorporated under the laws of any State and satisfies the following con

The term “discarded military munitions” means military munitions that have been abandoned without proper disposal or removed from storage in a military magazine or other storage ar

The term “discharge” has the meaning given that term in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2701 ). / “discharge” includes, but is not limited to, any spillin

"discharged" means released from an appointment as a Reserve officer.

“discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel”— (A) means a discharge, including— (i) graywater, bilge water, cooling water, weather deck runoff, ballast water, oil wat

In this section, the term “discharge of pollutants” has the meaning given that term in section 502(12) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1362(12) ) (commonly r

The term "discharge or release" includes (A) retirement from the active military, naval, air, or space service, and (B) the satisfactory completion of the period of activ

A railroad carrier or person covered under this section may not discipline, or threaten discipline to, an employee for requesting medical or first aid treatment, or for following o

The term “Disclaimed Drybed Lands” means all Drybed Lands along the Arkansas River that are located in Township 10 North in Range 24 East, Townships 9 and 10 North in Range 25 East

The term "disclose" means to transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible. / The terms “disclose” and “disclosure” have the meaning given the term “disclosure” in se

As used in this section, the term “disclosing entity” means an entity which is— (A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1395x(u) of this title , other than a fund), an in

the term “disclosing part B provider” means any entity receiving payment on an assignment-related basis (or, for purposes of subsection (a)(3), any entity receiving payment) for fu

The term “disclosure” means, with respect to personal information— (A) the release of personal information collected from a child in identifiable form by an operator for any purpos

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disclosure date” means— (A) the first date during any calendar year by which a person has made disbursements for the direct costs of prod

The term “disconnected youth” means any individual who is certified by the designated local agency— (I) as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, (II) as not reg

The term “discount”— (A) means a reduction made from the price that customers are informed is the regular price; and (B) does not include any means of increasing the price that cus

The term “discount card eligible individual” means an individual who— (i) is entitled to benefits, or enrolled, under part A or enrolled under part B; and (ii) subject to paragraph

The term "discounted price" means 50 percent (or, with respect to a plan year after plan year 2018, 30 percent) of the negotiated price of the applicable drug of a manufa

the term “discount payment” means the amount determined pursuant to section 13283 of this title ;

In this paragraph, the term "discrete segment" means a physical portion of a water resources development project to be carried out, or separable element thereof— (i) desc

The term "discretionary" means that a system of graduated sanctions is not required to be imposed by each and every juvenile court in a State or unit of local government.

The term “discretionary appropriations” means budgetary resources (except to fund direct-spending programs) provided in appropriation Acts. / the term “discretionary appropriations

The term "discretionary cargo" means maritime cargo for which the United States port of unlading is different than the United States port of entry.

The term “discretionary category” includes all discretionary appropriations.

The term “discretionary spending limit” means— (A) with respect to fiscal year 1991— (i) for the defense category: $288,918,000,000 in new budget authority and $297,660,000,000 in

As used in subsection (a), the term “discriminate against a qualified individual on the basis of disability” includes— (1) limiting, segregating, or classifying a job applicant or

As used in subsection (a), the term “discrimination” includes— (1) a failure of a public entity to which the regulations issued under this section apply to submit, or commence impl

For purposes of this subsection, the term “discriminatory group-term life insurance plan” means any plan of an employer for providing group-term life insurance unless— (A) the plan

“Discriminatory housing practice” means an act that is unlawful under section 3604, 3605, 3606, or 3617 of this title.

The term "discriminatory practice" means the discrimination described in paragraph (1), or the discrimination or the violation described in paragraph (2), of subsection (