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  • The term “E9–1–1 services” means both phase I and phase II enhanced 9–1–1 services, as described in section 20.18 of the Commission's regulations (47 C.F.R. 20.18), as in effect on

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “earliest retirement age” means the earlier of— (i) the date on which the participant is entitled to a distribution under the plan, or (ii)

  • The term “early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services” means the following items and services: (1) Screening services— (A) which are provided— (i) at intervals

  • The term “early childhood education program” means— (A) a Head Start program or an Early Head Start program carried out under the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), includin

  • The term “early childhood educator” means an individual with primary responsibility for the education of children in an early childhood education program. / The term “early childho

  • The term “early college high school” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of this title . / The term “early college high school” means a partnership between at least one

  • The term “early intervention” means— (A) providing appropriate services for the child who is deaf or hard-of-hearing, including nonmedical services; and (B) ensuring that the famil

  • The term “early intervention activities” means advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities provided to individuals described in paragraph (8)(B) and their families

  • The term "early intervention services" means developmental services that— (A) are provided under public supervision; (B) are provided at no cost except where Federal or S

  • The term “early learning program” means— (A) a program of services or activities that helps parents, caregivers, and child care providers incorporate early learning into the daily

  • the term “early loan” means a loan enrolled at a time when the aggregate covered amount of loans previously enrolled under the Program by a particular participating financial insti

  • The term “early plant pest detection and surveillance” means the full range of activities undertaken to find newly introduced plant pests, whether the plant pests are new to the Un

  • The term “early retirement age” means age 62 in the case of an old-age, wife's, or husband's insurance benefit, and age 60 in the case of a widow's or widower's insurance benefit.

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “early retirement benefit” and “retirement-type subsidy” have the meaning given such terms in subsection (d)(6)(B)(i). / For purposes of t

  • Early utility relocation project.—The term "early utility relocation project" means utility relocation activities identified by the State for performance before completio

  • The term “earned income” shall have the meaning given such term in section 32(c)(2), but such term shall not include any amounts paid or incurred by an employer for dependent care

  • For purposes of this title, the term “earned income advance amount” means, with respect to any payroll period, the amount determined— (A) on the basis of the employee's wages from

  • The term “earnings” means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and includes periodic payments

  • In this paragraph, the term “East Asia and the Pacific” means the region of countries that the Secretary of State designates as within the responsibility of the Bureau for East Asi

  • the term “eastern tropical Pacific Ocean” means the area of the Pacific Ocean bounded by 40 degrees north latitude, 40 degrees south latitude, 160 degrees west longitude, and the w

  • For purposes of this chapter, the term “East European country” includes Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Roman

  • In this section, the term "eating disorder" has the meaning given the term "feeding and eating disorders" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Dis

  • The term “EBT card” means an electronic benefit transfer card issued under section 2016(h) of this title .

  • ECIdefined inU.S. Code

    the term “ECI” means the Employment Cost Index (wages and salaries, private industry workers) published quarterly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;

  • The term “ecological integrity” means a landscape where ecological processes are functioning to maintain the structure, composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape over

  • “Ecologically related species” means living marine species which are associated with anadromous stocks found in the Convention area, including, but not restricted to, both predator

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “economically depressed region” means any geographical region which the Corporation determines by regulation to be a region within which re

  • The term “economically disadvantaged” means economic hardship due to the loss of jobs or income (labor or proprietor) derived from forestry, the wood products industry, or related

  • The term "economically disadvantaged community" has the meaning given the term as defined by the Secretary under section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 202

  • The term "economically distressed area" means an area described in section 3161(a) of this title.

  • In this section, the term "economically sustainable transportation" means demand responsive transportation for older individuals—

  • As used in this section, the term “economic assistance” means assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 and following; relating to

  • “economic benefit of the overloading” means the amount obtained by multiplying the weight of the overload (in tons) by the lesser of— (A) the average freight rate value of a ton of

  • the term “economic damage”— (A) means the replacement costs of lost or damaged property or records, the costs of repeating an interrupted or invalidated experiment, the loss of pro

  • The term “economic development agencies” includes local planning and zoning commissions or boards, community development agencies, and other local agencies and institutions respons

  • The term "economic development district" means any area in the United States that— (i) is composed of areas described in section 3161(a) of this title and, to the extent

  • The term “economic discards” means fish which are the target of a fishery, but which are not retained because they are of an undesirable size, sex, or quality, or for other economi

  • The terms “community adjustment” and “economic diversification” include the development of feasibility studies and business plans for market diversification within a community adve

  • The term “economic embargo of Cuba” refers to— (A) the economic embargo (including all restrictions on trade or transactions with, and travel to or from, Cuba, and all restrictions

  • “Economic enterprise” means any Indian-owned (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) commercial, industrial, or business activity established or organized for the purpose of

  • For purposes of this section only, and except as otherwise specifically provided in a valid and enforceable written contract between the plaintiff and the defendant in a Y2K action

  • The term “economic net worth” means the current cash available to the Fund, plus the net present value of all future cash inflows and outflows expected to result from the outstandi

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “economic performance” has the meaning given such term by subsection (h).

  • For purposes of this section, the term “economic self-sufficiency program” means any program designed to encourage, assist, train, or facilitate the economic independence of partic

  • The term “economic substance doctrine” means the common law doctrine under which tax benefits under subtitle A with respect to a transaction are not allowable if the transaction do

  • The term “ecosystem” means any terrestrial, freshwater aquatic, or coastal ecosystem, including an estuary.

  • Teaching and education.—The terms "teaching" and "education" mean formal classroom instruction, laboratory instruction, and practicum experience in the food and

  • The term “education activities” means advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that result in individuals with developmental disabilities being able to access ap

  • The terms “educational activities” includes the operations of libraries, schools, day care centers, laboratories, and lecture and demonstration facilities.

  • The term “educational agency” means a local educational agency or a “State educational agency” as defined by section 801(k) 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

  • For the purposes of this section the term “educational agency or institution” means any public or private agency or institution which is the recipient of funds under any applicable

  • For the purpose of this part, the term “educational and general expenditures” means the total amount expended by an institution of higher education for instruction, research, publi

  • The term “educational assistance” means— (A) the payment, by an employer, of expenses incurred by or on behalf of an employee for education of the employee (including, but not limi

  • “educational expenses” means expenses that are directly attributable to a course of education leading to the award of either a baccalaureate or graduate degree in a course of study

  • “educational institution” means a degree granting institution of at least a baccalaureate level; / The term “educational institution” means an institution of higher education, a lo

  • Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the term “educational organization” means any organization or entity that— (i) provides an educational program for a fee; and (ii)

  • Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “educational program” means a special honors program, seminar, citizenship experience, government study program, educational vacati

  • the term “educational programs abroad” means programs of study, internships, or service learning outside the United States which are part of a foreign language or other internation

  • For purposes of subsection (c)(3) of this section and sections 170(c)(2), 2055(a)(2), and 2522(a)(2), the term “educational purposes” includes the providing of care of children awa

  • The term “educational research” includes basic and applied research, inquiry with the purpose of applying tested knowledge gained to specific educational settings and problems, dev

  • The term “educational service agency” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of this title . / For purposes of parts B, D, and E, the term “educational service agency” has

  • the term “educational television programming for children” means any television program which is directed to an audience of children who are 16 years of age or younger and which is

  • The term "education and training service" means a supportive service designed to assist older individuals to better cope with their economic, health, and personal needs t

  • The term "education component" means the education component of the geologic mapping program described in section 31c(d)(3) of this title.

  • The term “education line officer” means a member of the education personnel under the supervision of the Director of the Office, whether located in a central, area, or agency offic

  • The term “education loan” has the meaning given the term in section 1019 of this title.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the terms “educator” and “education position” have the meanings contained in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection ( o ). / The term “education posi

  • For the purposes of this section, the term “education records” means, except as may be provided otherwise in subparagraph (B), those records, files, documents, and other materials

  • For purposes of this subsection, the terms “educator” and “education position” have the meanings contained in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection ( o ). / The term “educator” mean

  • For purposes of subsection (b)(13), the term “educator expenses” means expenses of a type which would be described in section 62(a)(2)(D) if— (1) such section were applied— (A) wit

  • The term “effective competition” means that— (A) fewer than 30 percent of the households in the franchise area subscribe to the cable service of a cable system; (B) the franchise a

  • Subject to subclause (II), for purposes of clause (i)(II), the term “effective control” means 1 or more agreements or arrangements similar to those described in subclauses (II) and

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “effective date” means, with respect to a termination described in subparagraph (A), the later of— (i) the date on which such termination i

  • The term “effective date of the contract” means the day upon which a boxer becomes legally bound by the contract.

  • “effective date of the final system plan” means the date on which the final system plan or any revised final system plan is deemed approved by Congress, in accordance with section

  • The term “effective date of transfer” means the date on which the mortgage payment of a borrower is first due to the transferee servicer of a mortgage loan pursuant to the assignme

  • The term “effective financing statement” means a statement that— (A) is an original or reproduced copy of the statement, or, in the case of a State which (under the applicable Stat

  • For purposes of this section, the term “effective interest rate” means, with respect to any plan for any plan year, the single rate of interest which, if used to determine the pres

  • The term “effectively connected earnings and profits” means earnings and profits (without diminution by reason of any distributions made during the taxable year) which are attribut

  • The term “effectively connected income” means any income which is effectively connected (or treated as effectively connected) with the conduct of a trade or business in the United

  • For purposes of this section, the term “effectively connected taxable income” means the taxable income of the partnership which is effectively connected (or treated as effectively

  • The term “effective period of the Declaration” means the effective period specified in the Declaration, unless extended by the Secretary.

  • The term “effective price” means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 7954 of this title for peanuts to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to b

  • The term “efficacy supplement” means a supplement to an approved premarket application under section 262 of title 42 that requires substantive clinical data.

  • The term “efficiency descriptor” means the ratio of the useful output to the total energy input, determined using the test procedures prescribed under section 6293 of this title an

  • “efficiency measure” means a ratio of a program activity's inputs (such as costs or hours worked by employees) to its outputs (amount of products or services delivered) or outcomes

  • the term “Efficiency Program” means the Small Business Energy Efficiency Program established under subsection (c)(1);

  • The term “effluent limitation” means any restriction established by a State or the Administrator on quantities, rates, and concentrations of chemical, physical, biological, and oth

  • For purposes of this section, the term "effluent standard or limitation under this chapter" means (1) effective July 1, 1973, an unlawful act under subsection (a) of sect

  • eggdefined inU.S. Code

    The term “egg” means the shell egg of the domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea.

  • The term “egg handler” means any person who engages in any business in commerce which involves buying or selling any eggs (as a poultry producer or otherwise), or processing any eg

  • The term “egg producer” means the person owning laying hens engaged in the production of commercial eggs.

  • The term “egg product” means any dried, frozen, or liquid eggs, with or without added ingredients, excepting products which contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or hi

  • The term “egg products” means products produced, in whole or in part, from eggs.

  • eggsdefined inU.S. Code

    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

  • For purposes of this paragraph, paragraph (4), and paragraph (5), the terms “certified EHR technology”, “eligible hospital”, “EHR reporting period”, and “payment year” have the mea

  • The terms “domestic violence”, “sexual assault”, “child abuse and neglect”, “dating violence”, “elder abuse”, and “stalking” have the meaning given such terms in section 3 of the V

  • The term “elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation” means abuse, neglect, and exploitation, of an older individual.

  • The term “elder justice” means— (A) from a societal perspective, efforts to— (i) prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and (ii

  • “elderly” means 65 years of age or older; / The term “elderly” means any individual who is 60 years of age or older. / the term “elderly” means sixty-two years of age or over;