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For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “fixed infrastructure costs” means, with respect to a Clinical Center of Excellence, the costs incurred by such Center that are not otherwis

"fixed platform" means an artificial island, installation, or structure permanently attached to the sea-bed for the purpose of exploration or exploitation of resources or

The term “fixed-price contract” means a contract between a retailer and a consumer under which the retailer charges the consumer a set price for propane, kerosene, or heating oil w

The term “fixed rate mortgage” means a residential mortgage that has an interest rate that is not subject to change.

The term “fixed route system” means a system of providing designated public transportation on which a vehicle is operated along a prescribed route according to a fixed schedule. /

The term “flag officer” means an officer of the Navy or Coast Guard serving in or having the grade of admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral, or rear admiral (lower half). / The term

As used in this section, the term “flag of the United States” means any flag of the United States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any size, in a form that is common

The term “FLAME Fund” means a FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund established by subsection (b).

“Flashing light” means a light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of 120 flashes or more per minute.

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “flavors content” means alcohol derived from flavors of a type for which drawback is allowable under section 5114.

the term “fleet” means a group of 20 or more light duty motor vehicles, used primarily in a metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as establis

The terms “flexible premium life insurance contract” and “contract” mean a life insurance contract (including any qualified additional benefits) which provides for the payment of o

The term "flexibly priced contract" has the meaning given the term "flexibly-priced contracts and subcontracts" in part 30 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation

Definition.—In this subsection, the term “flexiplace work telecommuting program” means a program under which employees of a department or agency set out in paragraph (2) are permit

The term “flight” means, with respect to an aircraft, the period beginning when the aircraft takes off and ending when the aircraft lands.

Flight Attendant Defined.—In this section, the term "flight attendant" means an individual working as a flight attendant in the cabin of an aircraft that has 20 or more s

“flight engineer” means an individual who holds a flight engineer certificate issued under part 63 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

The term “floatable material” means any foreign matter that may float or remain suspended in the water column. / The term “floatable material” includes— (i) plastic; (ii) aluminum

In this section, the term “floating cabin” means a watercraft or other floating structure— (1) primarily designed and used for human habitation or occupation; and (2) not primarily

In this section, the term “floating drydock” means equipment that is— (1) constructed in the United States; and (2) capable of meeting the lifting and maintenance requirements of a

In this section, the term “floating dry dock” means equipment with wing walls and a fully submersible deck.

For purposes of this section, the term “flood disaster area” means an area with respect to which— (1) the Secretary of Agriculture finds, or has found, to have been substantially a

The term “flood insurance” means flood insurance coverage provided under the national flood insurance program pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 [ 42 U.S.C. 4001

The term “floodplain management” means the operation of a community program of corrective and preventative measures for reducing flood damage.

The term "Floodway" means the Colorado River Floodway established in section 1600c of this title.

The term “floor broker” means any person— (i) who, in or surrounding any pit, ring, post, or other place provided by a contract market for the meeting of persons similarly engaged,

The term "floor plan financing indebtedness" means indebtedness— (i) used to finance the acquisition of motor vehicles held for sale or lease, and (ii) secured by the inv

The term "floor plan financing interest" means interest paid or accrued on floor plan financing indebtedness.

For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term “floor space fraction” means the fraction— (i) the numerator of which is the total floor space of the low-income units in such building,

The term “floor specialist” means a person who is— (A) a member of a national securities exchange, (B) is registered as a specialist with the exchange, and (C) meets the requiremen

The term “floor trader” means any person— (i) who, in or surrounding any pit, ring, post, or other place provided by a contract market for the meeting of persons similarly engaged,

The term “Floraboard” means the board provided for under section 4306 of this title.

The term “floral supplier” means a person engaged in acquiring cut flowers or cut greens to be manufactured into floral articles or otherwise processed for resale.

The term “floral wholesale jobber” means a person who conducts a commission or other wholesale business in buying and selling cut flowers or cut greens.

The term “Florida Department of Transportation” means the executive branch department and agency of the State of Florida that— (A) is responsible for the construction and maintenan

The term “flowers and plants” means cut flowers, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, and propagational material.

The term “fluidized bed combustion” means combustion of fuel in connection with a bed of inert material, such as limestone or dolomite, which is held in a fluid-like state by the m

In this section the term “fluid milk” means all varieties of pasteurized cow’s milk that— (1) is without flavoring or sweeteners, (2) is consistent with the most recent dietary rec

The term “fluid milk processor” means any person who processes and markets commercially more than 3,000,000 pounds of fluid milk products in consumer-type packages per month (exclu

The term “fluid milk product” has the meaning given the term in— (A) section 1000.15 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, subject to such amendments as may be made by the Secre

the term “fluid milk products” means those milk products normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage; / the term “fluid milk products” means those milk products normally consume

Except as provided in subparagraph (E), the term “fluorescent lamp” means a low pressure mercury electric-discharge source in which a fluorescing coating transforms some of the ult

The term “fluorescent lamp ballast” means a device which is used to start and operate fluorescent lamps by providing a starting voltage and current and limiting the current during

The terms “blowout”, “flushometer tank”, “low consumption”, and “flushometer valve” have the meaning given such terms in ASME A112.19.2M–1990.

The terms “blowout”, “flushometer tank”, “low consumption”, and “flushometer valve” have the meaning given such terms in ASME A112.19.2M–1990.

The term "flux" means the rate of flow of photons. / The term "flux" means the rate of flow of photons.

The term “flyway” means the four administrative units used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the States in the management of waterfowl populations.

The term “flywheel” means, in the case of an electricity grid application, a device used to store rotational kinetic energy.

The term “FMGEMS examination” means parts I and II of the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in the Medical Sciences or any successor examination recognized by the Secretary for

The term “F.O.B.” means free on board, regardless of the mode of transportation, at the point of direct shipment by the seller to the buyer. / The term “F.O.B.” means a value consi

The term “focal point” means a facility established to encourage the maximum collocation and coordination of services for older individuals.

The term "focus country" refers to a foreign country determined by the Secretary of State to be a major source of wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives, a ma

The term “foliage plants” means those plants, normally without flowers, primarily produced in pots or similar containers, that are primarily used for interior decorations, whether

The term "follow-on production contract or transaction" means a contract or transaction to produce, sustain, or otherwise implement the results of a successfully complete

The term “follow up services” means services provided to ensure that necessary services are received by families and are effective in meeting their needs.

“Food” means (1) any food or food product for home consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption other than those

The term “food additive” means any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or other

Food and agricultural sciences.—The term "food and agricultural sciences" means basic, applied, and developmental research, extension, and teaching activities in food and

The term "food and nutrition security" means access to, and availability, utilization, and stability of, sufficient food to meet caloric and nutritional needs for an acti

The term “food bank” means a public or charitable institution that maintains an established operation involving the provision of food or edible commodities, or the products of food

In this paragraph, the term “food contact substance” means the substance that is the subject of a notification submitted under paragraph (1), and does not include a similar or iden

The term "food council" means a food policy council or food and farm system network, as determined by the Secretary, that— (A) represents— (i) multiple organizations invo

The term “food pantry” means a public or private nonprofit organization that distributes food to low-income and unemployed households, including food from sources other than the De

the term “food product” means food in any sized package which is manufactured by a single manufacturer or which bears the same brand name, which bears the same statement of identit

As used in this part, the term “food products” means flour (excluding flour second clears not used for human consumption as determined by the Secretary), semolina, farina, bulgur,

The term “food security” means access by all people at all times to sufficient food and nutrition for a healthy and productive life. / The term “food security” means access by all

The term “food service establishment” means a restaurant, cafeteria, lunch room, food stand, saloon, tavern, bar, lounge, or other similar facility operated as an enterprise engage

The term "food service program" includes— (A) food service at residential child care facilities that have a license from an appropriate State agency; (B) any child nutrit

The term “food services contract” means a contract under which food services operations of the Senate Restaurants are transferred to, and performed by, a private business concern.

The term "food system" means the intact or whole unit made up of interrelated components of people, behaviors, relationships, and material goods that interact in the prod

For purposes of this section, the term “food to which this section applies” means a food for humans which is a food for special dietary use— (A) which is or contains any natural or

The term “force” means— (A) the use of a weapon; (B) the use of such physical strength or violence as is sufficient to overcome, restrain, or injure a person; or (C) inflicting phy

The term "forced labor" means any work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for nonperformance and that the worker does not offer to

“Forced labor”, as herein used, shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does

The term "forced marriage" means a marriage to which 1 or both parties do not or cannot consent, and in which 1 or more elements of force, fraud, or coercion is present.

For purposes of this subsection and subsections ( l ) and (m), the term “force-placed insurance” means hazard insurance coverage obtained by a servicer of a federally related mortg

The terms “foreclosure” and “foreclose” mean, respectively, acquiring, and to acquire, a vessel or facility through— (I) (aa) purchase at sale under a judgment or decree, power of

The terms “foreclosure” and “foreclose” mean, respectively, acquiring, and to acquire, a vessel or facility through— (I) (aa) purchase at sale under a judgment or decree, power of

The term “foreclosure proceeding” means— (A) a foreclosure or similar legal proceeding to enforce a lien on property, whether real or personal, that secures a nonaccrual or distres

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “foreclosure property” means any real property acquired by the financial institution as the result of having bid on such property at for

The terms “person”, “domestic”, and “foreign” have the meanings given such terms by paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) of section 7701(a) of title 26 , respectively. / the terms “foreign

The term "foreign adversary" means any foreign government or foreign nongovernment person engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adv

The term “foreign adversary country” means a country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10 .

the term “foreign affiliation” means a funded or unfunded academic, professional, or institutional appointment or position with a foreign government or government-owned entity, whe

the term “foreign agent” means any officer, employee, proxy, servant, delegate, or representative of a foreign government; / The terms “foreign instrumentality”, “foreign agent”, a

The term "foreign air carrier" has the meaning given the term in section 40102 of title 49. / For purposes of this subsection, the terms “air transportation”, “air carrie

In this chapter, the terms “aircraft engine”, “air navigation facility”, “appliance”, “civil aircraft”, “foreign air commerce”, “interstate air commerce”, “landing area”, “overseas

For purposes of this subsection, the terms “air transportation”, “air carrier”, “foreign air carrier” and “foreign air transportation” have the meanings such terms have under secti

The term “foreign antitrust authority” means a governmental entity of a foreign state or of a regional economic integration organization that is vested by such state or such organi

The term “foreign antitrust laws” has the meaning given such term in section 12 of the International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994 [15 U.S.C. 6211]. / The term “fore

“foreign area” means— (A) the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (B) any other area outside the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and territo

“foreign assistance” means any tangible or intangible item provided by the United States Government to a foreign country or international organization under this chapter or any oth

The term “foreign auditor oversight authority” means any governmental body or other entity empowered by a foreign government to conduct inspections of public accounting firms or ot

The term “foreign authority” means a foreign judicial authority, a foreign authority responsible for the investigation or prosecution of criminal offenses or for proceedings relate

The term “foreign bank” has the meaning given to such term by section 1(b)(7) of the International Banking Act of 1978 [ 12 U.S.C. 3101(b)(7) ]. / “foreign bank” means any company

For purposes of section 952(a)(2), the term “foreign base company income” means for any taxable year the sum of— (1) the foreign personal holding company income for the taxable yea

For purposes of subsection (a)(2), the term “foreign base company sales income” means income (whether in the form of profits, commissions, fees, or otherwise) derived in connection

For purposes of subsection (a)(3), the term “foreign base company services income” means income (whether in the form of compensation, commissions, fees, or otherwise) derived in co

The term “foreign-based documentation” means any documentation which is outside the United States and which may be relevant or material to the tax treatment of the examined item.

The term "foreign biological threat" means biological warfare, bioterrorism, naturally occurring infectious diseases, or accidental exposures to biological materials, wit