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  • The term “home visiting services” means the services specified in subsection (b), provided at the residence of the eligible family involved or provided pursuant to arrangements mad

  • The term “home visitors” means providers of home visiting services.

  • The term "homogeneous case" means a sealed case containing only product that has a single National Drug Code number belonging to a single lot.

  • honeydefined inU.S. Code

    The term “honey” means the nectar and saccharine exudations of plants which are gathered, modified, and stored in the comb by honey bees.

  • As used in this chapter, the term “honeybee” means all life stages and the germ plasm of honeybees of the genus Apis, except honeybee semen.

  • The term “Honey Board” means the board provided for under section 4606(c) of this title.

  • Honey production.—The term “honey production” means all beekeeping operations related to— (A) managing honey bee colonies to produce honey; (B) harvesting honey from the colonies;

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

  • the term “Hong Kong” means, prior to July 1, 1997, the British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong, and on and after July 1, 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the P

  • The term “honoraria” means the plural of “honorarium” as defined in section 13141 of this title .

  • The term “honorarium” means a payment of money or any thing of value for an appearance, speech or article (including a series of appearances, speeches, or articles if the subject m

  • “Hoopa Indian blood” means that degree of ancestry derived from an Indian of the Hunstang, Hupa, Miskut, Redwood, Saiaz, Sermalton, Tish-Tang-Atan, South Fork, or Grouse Creek Band

  • "Hoopa Valley Reservation" means the reservation described in section 1300i–1(b) of this title;

  • “Hoopa Valley Tribe” means the Hoopa Valley Tribe, organized under the constitution and amendments approved by the Secretary on November 20, 1933, September 4, 1952, August 9, 1963

  • The term “HOPE for Homeowners Program” means the program established under this section.

  • the term “Hopi Partitioned Lands” means lands located in the Hopi Partitioned Area, as defined in section 168.1(g) of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on October

  • “horsemen’s group” means, with reference to the applicable host racing association, the group which represents the majority of owners and trainers racing there, for the races subje

  • The term “horseracing anti-doping and medication control program” means the anti-doping and medication program established under section 3055(a) of this title .

  • In this section, the term “hospice care” means the items and services described in section 1861(dd) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd) ). / The term “hospice care” me

  • The term “hospice program” means a public agency or private organization (or a subdivision thereof) which— (A) (i) is primarily engaged in providing the care and services described

  • the term “hospital” means a facility— (A) which provides community service for inpatient medical care of the sick or injured (including obstetrical care); (B) not more than 50 per

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “hospital acquired condition” means a condition identified for purposes of subsection (d)(4)(D)(iv) and any other condition determined app

  • The term “hospital-based” means, with respect to an agency, owned or operated by a hospital. / The term “hospital-based” means, with respect to an eligible professional, a professi

  • For purposes of clause (i), the term “hospital-based eligible professional” means, with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional during the EH

  • The term "hospital care" includes— (A) (i) medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of any veteran, and (ii) travel and incidental expenses pursuant

  • The term “hospital facilities” means buildings housing a hospital and related facilities, including laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses’ home and training facilities and c

  • For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “Hospital Insurance Trust Fund ratio” means, with respect to any calendar year, the ratio of— (I) the balance in the Federal Hospital In

  • The terms “physician” and “medical care” and “hospitalization” include osteopathic practitioners or the services of osteopathic practitioners and hospitals within the scope of thei

  • the term “hostage taking” has the meaning given that term in Article 1 of the International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages;

  • the term “host country” means a foreign country which is— (A) the participant in or the site of the proposed renewable energy technology project; and (B) either— (i) classified as

  • The term “hostile casualty” means a person who, as a member of the Armed Forces, dies as the direct result of hostile action with the enemy, while in combat, while going to or retu

  • “hostile force or individual” means a nation, a subject of a foreign nation, or an individual serving a foreign nation— (A) engaged in a war against the United States or any of its

  • The term “hostile force or person” means any nation, any subject of a foreign nation, or any other person serving a foreign nation (1) engaged in a war against the United States or

  • The term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war.

  • The term “host institution” means an existing entity that is located in the region that is— (A) a university or other institution of higher education; (B) a Department of Agricultu

  • “host racing association” means any person who, pursuant to a license or other permission granted by the host State, conducts the horserace subject to the interstate wager;

  • “host racing commission” means that person designated by State statute or, in the absence of statute, by regulation, with jurisdiction to regulate the conduct of racing within the

  • The term “host State” means, with respect to a bank, a State, other than the home State of the bank, in which the bank maintains, or seeks to establish and maintain, a branch. / Th

  • The term “host transfer services” means any electronic fund transfer made by an automated teller machine operator in connection with a transaction initiated by a consumer at an aut

  • In this section, the term "hoteling" means an alternative work arrangement in which employees of one element of the intelligence community are authorized flexible work ar

  • “Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians” means the sole successor to the Maliseet Tribe of Indians as constituted in aboriginal times in what is now the State of Maine, and all its prede

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “hour of service” means a time of service determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor. / For purposes of this sectio

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “hours of service” has the meaning provided by section 410(a)(3)(C).

  • The term “house” includes the lot on which the house stands. / The terms “single” and “single family” when used in connection with “house” or “residential property” shall include e

  • A State may adopt and enforce a statute or regulation with respect to the design, manufacture, or installation or use of any marine sanitation device on a houseboat, if such statut

  • “Household” means— (A) an individual who lives alone or who, while living with others, customarily purchases food and prepares meals for home consumption separate and apart from th

  • The term "household energy burden" means the quotient obtained by dividing— (A) the residential energy expenditures (as defined in section 440.3 of title 10, Code of Fede

  • (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term "household goods" means— (i) clothing; (ii) furniture; (iii) appliances; (iv) 1 radio; (v) 1 t

  • Household goods freight forwarder.—The term “household goods freight forwarder” means a freight forwarder of one or more of the following items: household goods, unaccompanied bagg

  • In general.—The term “household goods motor carrier” means a motor carrier that, in the ordinary course of its business of providing transportation of household goods, offers some

  • The term “household income” means, with respect to any taxpayer, an amount equal to the sum of— (i) the modified adjusted gross income of the taxpayer, plus (ii) the aggregate modi

  • The term “household items” includes furniture, furnishings, electronics, appliances, linens, and other similar items.

  • The term “household substance” means any substance which is customarily produced or distributed for sale for consumption or use, or customarily stored, by individuals in or about t

  • The term “household textile articles” means articles of wearing apparel, costumes and accessories, draperies, floor coverings, furnishings, beddings, and other textile goods of a t

  • The term “household waste” means material discarded by residential dwellings, hotels, motels, and other similar permanent or temporary housing establishments or facilities.

  • The term "household with a high energy burden" has the meaning given the term in section 440.3 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on November 15, 2021

  • the term "House leadership office" means, with respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the fiscal yea

  • The term “housing” includes manufactured housing and manufactured housing lots and elder cottage housing opportunity units that are small, free-standing, barrier-free, energy-effic

  • The term “housing accommodations” means housing designed for occupancy by military personnel and their dependents, assigned to duty at or near the military installation where such

  • The term “housing area” means an area of Hawaiian Home Lands with respect to which the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is authorized to provide assistance for affordable housing

  • The term “housing assistance”— (A) means assistance provided by the Federal Government to be used in connection with the provision of housing,1 that is provided in the form of a gr

  • As used in this section, the term “housing assistance plan” means a housing assistance plan submitted and approved under section 5304 of this title or, in the case of a unit of gen

  • For purposes of this section, the term “housing assistance program” means any program of assistance for housing— (1) for which assistance is provided by the Secretary of Housing an

  • the term “housing cooperative” means a cooperative housing corporation (as defined in section 216(b) of title 26 ) that employs not more than 300 employees; / the terms “additional

  • The term “housing cost amount” means an amount equal to the excess of— (A) the housing expenses of an individual for the taxable year to the extent such expenses do not exceed the

  • The term “housing cost/income ratio” means, with respect to any statistical area, the number determined by dividing— (I) the applicable housing price ratio for such area, by (II) t

  • The term “housing credit agency” means any agency authorized to carry out this subsection.

  • the term “housing creditor” means— (A) a depository institution, as defined in section 501(a)(2) of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980; (B) a

  • The term “housing development agency” means any agency of a State or local government, or any private nonprofit organization, that is engaged in providing housing for homeless indi

  • The term "housing document" means a document developed by the Secretary of Defense under section 2890 of this title and known as the Military Housing Privatization Initia

  • The term “housing entity” means the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

  • The term "housing expenses" means the reasonable expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year by or on behalf of an individual for housing for the individual (and, i

  • As used in this section, “housing for older persons” means housing— (A) provided under any State or Federal program that the Secretary determines is specifically designed and opera

  • For the purpose of this chapter, the term “housing loan” means a loan for any of the purposes specified by sections 3710(a) and 3712(a)(1) of this title.

  • As used in this section, the term “housing owner” means a private nonprofit corporation or other private nonprofit legal entity, a limited dividend corporation or other limited div

  • The term “housing plan” means a plan developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

  • For purposes of this section, the term “housing program” means a program under the administration of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture

  • The term “housing-related activities” means advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that result in individuals with developmental disabilities having access to

  • The term “housing related community development” means any facility, community building, business, activity, or infrastructure that— (i) is owned by an Indian tribe or a tribally d

  • The term “Housing Requirements and Market Analysis”or “HRMA” means, with respect to a military installation, a structured analytical process under which an assessment is made of bo

  • The term “housing stock” means the number of existing housing units based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in ti

  • The term "housing unit" means a unit of family housing or military unaccompanied housing acquired or constructed under this subchapter.

  • The term “housing voucher program” means a program for tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title .

  • The term “hovering vessel” means— (1) any vessel which is found or kept off the coast of the United States within or without the customs waters, if, from the history, conduct, char

  • The term “HOV facility” means a high occupancy vehicle facility.

  • HRMAdefined inU.S. Code

    The term “Housing Requirements and Market Analysis”or “HRMA” means, with respect to a military installation, a structured analytical process under which an assessment is made of bo

  • HSARPAdefined inU.S. Code

    The term “HSARPA” means the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency established in subsection (b).

  • HTSdefined inU.S. Code

    The term “HTS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. / The term “HTS” means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) (as in effect

  • Hubdefined inU.S. Code

    The term "Hub" means an Energy Innovation Hub established under this section. / The term "Hub" includes any Energy Innovation Hub in existence on September 28,

  • The terms "historically underutilized business zone" or "HUBZone" mean any area located within 1 or more— (A) qualified census tracts; (B) qualified nonmetropol

  • The term “HUBZone small business concern” means— (A) a small business concern that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by United States citizens; (B) a small business conce

  • The term “HUD-approved counseling agency” means a private or public nonprofit organization that is— (A) exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of title 26 ; and (B) certified by

  • The term “HUD hold harmless impacted project” means any project with respect to which area median gross income was determined under subparagraph (B) for calendar year 2007 or 2008

  • The term “HUD hold harmless policy” means the regulations under which a policy similar to the rules of clause (i) applied to prevent a change in the method of determining area medi

  • “Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei” means the nonprofit, Native Hawaiian organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Hawaii by that name on April 17, 1989, for the

  • In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word

  • The term "human capital management system" means a system— (A) by which a local educational agency makes and implements human capital decisions, such as decisions on prep

  • The term "human data studies" means clinical trials of safety or effectiveness (including actual use studies), pharmacokinetics studies, or bioavailability studies.

  • The term “human drug application” means an application for— (A) approval of a new drug submitted under section 355(b) of this title , or (B) licensure of a biological product under

  • The term “human environment” means the physical, social, and economic components, conditions, and factors which interactively determine the state, condition, and quality of living