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  • The term "ineligible sources" means the following: (i) The eligible entity's internal research and development funds. (ii) Funding in forms other than cash, such as in-ki

  • The term “inert ingredient” means an ingredient which is not active.

  • The term “inert matter” means all matter not seeds, and includes among others broken seeds, sterile florets, chaff, fungus bodies, and stones, determined by methods prescribed unde

  • The term “infant formula” means a food which purports to be or is represented for special dietary use solely as a food for infants by reason of its simulation of human milk or its

  • The term “infant or toddler with a disability” has the meaning given the term in section 1432 of this title . / The term "infant or toddler with a disability"— (A) means

  • “Infants” means persons under one year of age.

  • The term “infants or toddlers with disabilities” has the meaning given the term in section 632 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1432 ).

  • For purposes of this part, the term “infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities” means children with disabilities and infants and toddlers with disabilities as define

  • For purposes of this part, the term “infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome” includes any condition arising from such etiologic agent.

  • The term “infectious disease” means a disease potentially caused by a pathogenic organism (including a bacteria, virus, fungus, or parasite) that is acquired by a person and that r

  • The term “inflation adjustment factor” means, with respect to a calendar year, a fraction the numerator of which is the GNP implicit price deflator for the calendar year and the de

  • The term “in flight” means— (A) any time from the moment at which all the external doors of an aircraft are closed following embarkation until the moment when any such door is open

  • The term “influencing legislation” means any attempt to influence any legislation through communication with any member or employee of a legislative body, or with any government of

  • The term “informal hearing” means a hearing which is not subject to section 554, 556, or 557 of title 5 and which provides for the following: (1) The presiding officer in the heari

  • The term “informant” means any individual who furnishes information to an intelligence agency in the course of a confidential relationship protecting the identity of such individua

  • The term “information” means information and programs that are designed to increase— (A) efficiency in processing; and (B) the development of new markets, marketing strategies, inc

  • The term “Information Agent” means an information agent appointed in accordance with subsection ( l ).

  • The term “information and assistance service” means a service for older individuals that— (A) provides the individuals with current information on opportunities and services availa

  • The term “information and communications technology” means— (A) information technology, as defined in section 11101 of title 40 ; (B) information systems, as defined in section 350

  • The term "information and communication technology" means any electronic system or equipment (including the content contained in the system or equipment) used to create,

  • The term “information and referral” includes information relating to assistive technology.

  • In this section, the term "information blocking" means a practice that— (A) except as required by law or specified by the Secretary pursuant to rulemaking under paragraph

  • The term “information content provider” means any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the Int

  • The term "information exchange" means the automated comparison of a system of records maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security with records maintained by a payro

  • In this section, the term “information infrastructure” means the underlying framework that information systems and assets rely on to process, transmit, receive, or store informatio

  • Information owner.—The term “information owner” means an agency official with statutory or operational authority for specified information and responsibility for establishing the c

  • Any information required under this section (A) may be disclosed to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the United States concerned with carrying out this s

  • Information resources.—The term “information resources” means information in any medium or form and its related resources, such as personnel, equipment, funds, and information tech

  • The term “information resources management” has the meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44 . / the term “information resources management” means the process of managin

  • The term “information return” means— (A) any statement of the amount of payments to another person required by— (i) section 6041(a) or (b) (relating to certain information at sourc

  • The term "information security" has the meaning given such term in section 3552 of title 44. / Information Security Defined.—In this section, the term “information securi

  • Information security requirements.—The term “information security requirements” means information security requirements promulgated in accordance with law, or directed by the Secre

  • The term “information service” means the offering of a capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available informati

  • The term “information-service employee” includes any person who is engaged in furnishing, disseminating, or publishing accounts, descriptions, information, or data with respect to

  • The term “information services”— (A) means the offering of a capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available inf

  • The term "Information Sharing and Analysis Organization" means any formal or informal entity or collaboration created or employed by public or private sector organization

  • The term “Information Sharing Council” means the Information Systems Council established by Executive Order 13356, or any successor body designated by the President, and referred t

  • the term "information sharing environment" means the information sharing environment established under section 485 of this title; / The terms “information sharing environ

  • The term “information system” has the meaning given such term in section 1501(9) of this title . / The term “information system”— (A) has the meaning given the term in section 3502

  • The term “information technology” has the meaning given that term by section 11101 of title 40 . / As used in this section, the terms “information system” and “information technolo

  • The term "Information Technology Agreement" means the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products of the World Trade Organization, agreed to at Si

  • The term “information technology project” means a project or program of the Department (including a project or program of any element of the Department) for, or including, the acqu

  • The term “infrastructure” includes all buildings, structures, airfields, port facilities, surface and subterranean utility systems, heating and cooling systems, fuel tanks, pavemen

  • the term “infrastructure and support systems” includes support and maintenance services and facilities, electricity delivery mechanisms and methods, regulatory treatment of investm

  • “infrastructure facility” has the meaning given the term in section 2332f(e)(5) of this title ; / “infrastructure facility” means any publicly or privately owned facility providing

  • The term “infrastructure project” means a capital investment project in a filed or approved business plan, which is administered by a governmental entity (such as a Federal, State,

  • the term “INF Treaty” means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-R

  • The term “ingredient statement” means a statement which contains— (1) the name and percentage of each active ingredient, and the total percentage of all inert ingredients, in the p

  • The term "inherent Federal function" means a Federal function that may not legally be delegated to an Indian Tribe.

  • The term “inherent Federal functions” means those Federal functions which cannot legally be delegated to Indian tribes. / The term "inherent Federal functions" means thos

  • The term “inherently Federal functions” means functions and responsibilities which, under section 2006(c) of this title , are noncontractable, including— (A) the allocation and obl

  • The term “inherently governmental function” has the meaning given that term in the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270; 31 U.S.C. 501 note). / As us

  • Inherently governmental functions.—The term "inherently governmental functions" has the meaning given that term in section 2383(b)(2) of this title. / The term “inherentl

  • The term “inholding” means any right, title, or interest, held by a non-Federal entity, in or to a tract of land that lies within the boundary of a federally designated area.

  • The term "in-home care service" means any service, including a personal care service, provided to enable the recipient of such service to live at home.

  • The term "in-home services" includes— (A) services of homemakers and home health aides; (B) visiting and telephone reassurance; (C) chore maintenance; (D) in-home respite

  • For purposes of clause (i), the term “in-house expenditures” means expenditures described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (D) other than— (I) payments by the taxpayer to a person engaged

  • The term “in-house research expenses” means— (i) any wages paid or incurred to an employee for qualified services performed by such employee, (ii) any amount paid or incurred for s

  • The term “initial amortization schedule” means a schedule established at the time at which a residential mortgage transaction is consummated with respect to a fixed rate mortgage,

  • The term “initial applicable 1-year period” means the 1-year period beginning on December 20, 2006.

  • The term “initial assistance” means the first round of funds that are loaned or used for credit enhancement by a State infrastructure bank for projects eligible for assistance unde

  • The term “initial capabilities document” means any capabilities requirement document approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council that establishes the need for a materiel a

  • the term "initial contract year" means the contract year beginning in January of 2025;

  • The term “initial coverage limit” means such limit as established under section 1395w–102(b)(3) of this title for a year before 2025, or, in the case of coverage that is not standa

  • The term “initial fractional contribution” means, with respect to any taxpayer, the first charitable contribution of an undivided portion of the taxpayer's entire interest in any t

  • The term “initial health evaluation” includes, with respect to an individual, a medical and exposure history, a physical examination, and additional medical testing as needed to ev

  • (i) The term "initial loan" means a loan to a veteran guaranteed under section 3710 or made under section 3711 of this title if the veteran has never obtained a loan guar

  • The term “initial merchant” means a person that has obtained a consumer's billing information directly from the consumer through an Internet transaction initiated by the consumer.

  • As used in this subsection, the term “initial month” means (A) the first month for which an allotment is issued to a household, (B) the first month for which an allotment is issued

  • "Initial occupancy date" shall mean the last day of the calendar month in which 90 per centum in number of the dwellings in the project on the physical completion date sh

  • The terms “initial offering price” and “price paid by the first buyer” include the aggregate payments made by the purchaser under the purchase agreement, including modifications th

  • In this subsection, the term “initial or second draw PPP loan” means a covered loan or a loan under paragraph (37) of section 636(a) of this title .

  • The term “initial part D enrollment period” means the initial enrollment period described in section 1395w–101(b)(2)(A) of this title .

  • the term "initial participating carrier" means a carrier that enters into a contract with the Office to participate in the Program during the initial contract year;

  • For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), the term “initial period” means the period beginning at the end of the 30-day period described in subsection (b)(1) and ending on the last d

  • In this section, the term "initial preclearance operations costs" means the costs incurred, or expected to be incurred, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish

  • The term "initial preventive physical examination" means physicians' services consisting of a physical examination (including measurement of height, weight body mass inde

  • The terms "initial price applicability year", "price applicability period", and "maximum fair price" have the meaning given such terms in section 1191

  • The term “initial production quantity” means the number of units of a weapon system contracted for in the first year of full-scale production.

  • The term “initial residency period” means the period of board eligibility, except that— (i) except as provided in clause (ii), in no case shall the initial period of residency exce

  • In this paragraph, the term "initial round of funding"— (i) means the allocation under paragraph (2)(E) of funds appropriated under subsection (b)(1); and (ii) does not i

  • The term “Initiative” means the pulse crop health initiative established by paragraph (2). / The term “Initiative” means the specialty crop research and extension initiative establ

  • In this paragraph, the term “Initiative Action Plan” means the comprehensive, multiyear action plan for the restoration of the Great Lakes, first developed pursuant to the Joint Ex

  • The term “Initiative Office” means the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office established under section 9412(a) of this title .

  • “injury” includes, in addition to injury by accident, a disease proximately caused by the employment, and damage to or destruction of medical braces, artificial limbs, and other pr

  • The term “in-kind commodities” means commodities that are normally produced on land that is the subject of an agreement entered into under subchapter IV.

  • The term “in-kind contribution” means a noncash contribution provided by a non-Federal entity that directly benefits and is related to a specific project or program. An in-kind con

  • As used in this subchapter, the term “inland buffer zone” means that part of the lakeshore delineated as such on the map identified as “Proposed Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore,

  • Inland division.—The term “inland division” means the amount paid by a common carrier to an inland carrier for the inland portion of through transportation offered to the public by

  • The term “inland harbor” means a navigation project which is used principally for the accommodation of commercial vessels and the receipt and shipment of waterborne cargoes on inla

  • “inland oil barge” means a non-self-propelled vessel carrying oil in bulk as cargo and certificated to operate only in the inland waters of the United States, while operating in su

  • The term “inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States” means any inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States which is described in section 206 of the Inland Water

  • Inland portion.—The term “inland portion” means the charge to the public by a common carrier for the non-ocean portion of through transportation.

  • “Inland Rules” or “Rules” mean the Inland Navigational Rules and the annexes thereto, which govern the conduct of vessels and specify the lights, shapes, and sound signals that app

  • The term “inland States” means those States in the United States other than northern tier States and the States of California, Alaska, and Hawaii.

  • “Inland Waters” means the navigable waters of the United States shoreward of the navigational demarcation lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters

  • “inland waters of the United States” means those waters of the United States lying inside the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured and those waters outside such base

  • For purposes of this section, the term "inland waterway user taxes and charges" means taxes imposed on the use of the inland and intracoastal waterways of the United Stat

  • The term “Inmarsat” means the International Mobile Satellite Organization established pursuant to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization.

  • The term “Inmarsat Convention” means the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) (TIAS 9605, 31 UST 1).