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  • The term “label” means the written, printed, or graphic matter on, or attached to, the pesticide or device or any of its containers or wrappers. / The term “label” means the displa

  • The term “labeling” means all labels and all other written, printed, or graphic matter— (A) accompanying the pesticide or device at any time; or (B) to which reference is made on t

  • The term “laboratory” means any facility or vehicle that is owned by an individual or a public or private entity and is equipped and operated for the purpose of carrying out pestic

  • For purposes of this section, the term “laboratory-directed research and development” means research and development work of a creative and innovative nature which, under the regul

  • As used in paragraph (11), the term “laboratory supply” means a listed chemical or any chemical, substance, or item on a special surveillance list published by the Attorney General

  • It is a bar to Federal prosecution under subsection (a) for conduct that occurred within the United States that the conduct involved was during or in relation to a labor dispute, a

  • The term “labor hours”— (I) means the total number of hours devoted to the performance of construction, alteration, or repair work by any individual employed by the taxpayer or by

  • The term “labor-management committees” means committees voluntarily established to respond to actual or prospective worker dislocation, which ordinarily include (but are not limite

  • The term “labor market area” means an economically integrated geographic area within which individuals can reside and find employment within a reasonable distance or can readily ch

  • For the purposes of this section the term “labor organization” means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees pa

  • “Labor relations consultant” means any person who, for compensation, advises or represents an employer, employer organization, or labor organization concerning employee organizing,

  • "lactation area" means a room or similar accommodation that— (i) provides a location for members of the public to express breast milk that is shielded from view and free

  • The term “Lake Champlain drainage basin” means all or part of Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren, Essex, and Washington counties in the State of New York and all or part of Frankl

  • The term “Lakeshore” means the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan.

  • “Lakewide Management Plan” means a written document which embodies a systematic and comprehensive ecosystem approach to restoring and protecting the beneficial uses of the open wat

  • The term “La Luz tract” means the tract comprised of approximately 31 acres of land owned in fee by the Pueblo and depicted on the map.

  • The term “lamb” means meat, other than mutton, produced from sheep.

  • The term “lamp efficacy” means the lumen output of a lamp divided by its wattage, expressed in lumens per watt (LPW).

  • The term “lamp type” means all lamps designated as having the same electrical and lighting characteristics and made by one manufacturer.

  • The term “lamp wattage” means the total electrical power consumed by a lamp in watts, after the initial seasoning period referenced in the appropriate IES standard test procedure a

  • The term “land” means land, water, interests in land, and any improvements on the land. / The term “land” means lands, waters, and interests therein. / As used in sections 277d–17

  • “Land Acquisition Fund” means the Maine Indian Claims Land Acquisition Fund established under section 1724(c) of this title;

  • “landed weight” means the weight of aircraft transporting only cargo in intrastate, interstate, and foreign air transportation, as the Secretary determines under regulations the Se

  • The term “land-grant colleges and universities” means those institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503–505, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 301–305, 30

  • The term “landholding” means total irrigable acreage of one or more tracts of land situated in one or more districts owned or operated under a lease which is served with irrigation

  • the term “landholding agency” means a Federal department or agency with statutory authority to control real property;

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

  • In this section, the term “landlord” means a person who leases a rental unit to a member of the armed forces. / The term “landlord” has the meaning given that term in section 2871

  • The term “land management activity” means all activities, accomplished in support of the management of Indian agricultural lands, including (but not limited to)— (A) preparation of

  • The term “land management agency” means the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

  • The term “land manager” means a person or entity that practices or guides natural resource management. / The term “land manager” includes a Federal, State, local, or tribal land ma

  • “land or natural resources” means any real property or natural resources, or any interest in or right involving any real property or natural resource, including but not limited to,

  • “Landowner” means any person, local government, or State owning, or on reasonable grounds professing to own, lands or interests in lands adjacent to or in the vicinity of the park.

  • The term “land remote sensing” means the collection of data which can be processed into imagery of surface features of the Earth from an unclassified satellite or satellites, other

  • The term “lands” means lands, waters, and interests in lands and waters. / “Lands” means real property, interests therein, or improvements thereon, and include water rights. / “Lan

  • The term “Landsat 6 contractor” means the private sector entity which was awarded the contract for spacecraft construction, operations, and data marketing rights for the Landsat 6

  • The term “Landsat 7” means the follow-on satellite to Landsat 6.

  • The term “Landsat Program Management” means the integrated program management structure— (A) established by, and responsible to, the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense purs

  • The term “Landsat system” means Landsats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and any follow-on land remote sensing system operated and owned by the United States Government, along with any relat

  • The term "lands beneath navigable waters" means— (1) all lands within the boundaries of each of the respective States which are covered by nontidal waters that were navig

  • the term "lands eligible for remining" means those lands that would otherwise be eligible for expenditures under section 1234 of this title or under section 1232(g)(4) of

  • The term “lands or natural resources” means any real property or natural resources, or any interest in or right involving any real property or natural resources including but not l

  • Land station: The words “land station” mean a factory on the land at which whales are treated or processed, whether wholly or in part. / The term “land station” means a station, ot

  • The term “land subject to a qualified conservation easement” means land— (i) which is located in the United States or any possession of the United States, (ii) which was owned by t

  • “lands within any State” or “lands within such State” means all lands within a State other than Federal lands and Indian lands;

  • “lands within any State” or “lands within such State” means all lands within a State other than Federal lands and Indian lands;

  • The term “land use” means activities which are conducted in, or on the shorelands within, the coastal zone, subject to the requirements outlined in section 1456(g) of this title .

  • The term “land used in farming” means land used (before or simultaneously with the expenditures described in paragraph (1)) by the taxpayer or his tenant for the production of crop

  • “land use ordinance” or “ordinance” means any ordinance adopted by a county or by the Commission pursuant to sections 544 to 544p of this title, and includes any amendment to, revi

  • The term “land use regulation” means a zoning or landmarking law, or the application of such a law, that limits or restricts a claimant's use or development of land (including a st

  • The term “language instruction educational program” means an instruction course— (A) in which an English learner is placed for the purpose of developing and attaining English profi

  • For purposes of this section, the term “language minorities” or “language minority group” means persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heri

  • For purposes of this section, the term “language minorities” or “language minority group” means persons who are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heri

  • the term “Lanham Act” means the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain internati

  • The term “large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment” means commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment that is rated— (i) at or above 135,000 Bt

  • In this section, the term “large community care setting” means— (A) a nonresidential setting in which more than 8 individuals are served; or (B) a residential setting in which more

  • The term “large corporate underpayment” means any underpayment of a tax by a C corporation for any taxable period if the amount of such underpayment for such period exceeds $100,00

  • For purposes of this section, the term “large corporation” means any corporation if such corporation (or any predecessor corporation) had taxable income of $1,000,000 or more for a

  • The term “large employer” means, in connection with a group health plan with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 51 employee

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “large food or beverage establishment” means any trade or business (or portion thereof)— (A) which provides food or beverages, (B) with re

  • The term “large group health plan” means a plan of, or contributed to by, an employer or employee organization (including a self-insured plan) to provide health care (directly or o

  • The term “large group market” means the health insurance market under which individuals obtain health insurance coverage (directly or through any arrangement) on behalf of themselv

  • “large hub airport” means a commercial service airport (as defined in section 47102) that has at least 1.0 percent of the passenger boardings. / “large hub airport” means a commerc

  • the term “large local educational agency” means a local educational agency serving an area with a total population of 20,000 or more; and

  • The term “large passenger vessel” means a vessel of more than 70,000 gross tons, as measured under section 14302 of this title , with capacity for at least 2,000 passengers and doc

  • Large project.—The term "large project" means an eligible project with total eligible project costs of greater than $100,000,000.

  • The term “large-scale carbon sequestration” means a scale that— (A) demonstrates the ability to inject into geologic formations and sequester carbon dioxide; and (B) has a goal of

  • The term "large-scale driftnet fishing" means a method of fishing in which a gillnet composed of a panel or panels of webbing, or a series of such gillnets, with a total

  • The term “large-scale driftnet fishing vessel” means any vessel which is— (A) used for, equipped to be used for, or of a type which is normally used for large-scale driftnet fishin

  • The term "large-scale pilot project" means a pilot project that— (A) represents the scale of technology development beyond laboratory development and bench scale testing,

  • "large station group" means a group of television broadcast stations that— (i) are directly or indirectly under common de jure control permitted by the regulations of the

  • the term “large trader” means every person who, for his own account or an account for which he exercises investment discretion, effects transactions for the purchase or sale of any

  • the term “large unit” means a unit with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts or more;

  • the term “large wind energy system” means a wind energy system which is not a small wind energy system;

  • As used in this section, the term “large yacht” means a vessel that exceeds 79 feet in length, is used primarily for recreation or pleasure, and has been previously sold by a manuf

  • The term “last preenactment year” means the last taxable year of a corporation which begins before January 1, 1983.

  • The term “last signatory operator” means, with respect to a coal industry retiree, a signatory operator which was the most recent coal industry employer of such retiree. / The term

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    The term “local access and transport area” or “LATA” means a contiguous geographic area— (A) established before February 8, 1996, by a Bell operating company such that no exchange

  • The term “late enrollee” means, with respect to coverage under a group health plan, a participant or beneficiary who enrolls under the plan other than during— (A) the first period

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “late-year ordinary loss” means the sum of any post-October specified loss and any post-December ordinary loss.

  • the term “launch” means to place, or attempt to place, a launch vehicle and its payload, if any, in a suborbital trajectory, in Earth orbit in outer space, or otherwise in outer sp

  • the term “launch services” means activities involved in the preparation of a launch vehicle and its payload for launch and the conduct of a launch;

  • the term “launch support facilities” means facilities located at launch sites or launch ranges that are required to support launch activities, including launch vehicle assembly, la

  • In this subsection, the term “launch vehicle” has the meaning given such term in section 50902(11) of title 51. / the term “launch vehicle” means any vehicle constructed for the pu

  • The term “law” includes any law of the United States or of any State (including any rule of law or of equity). / The terms “law,” “treaty,” “regulation,” and “Indian tribal law” me

  • The term "law enforcement" or "drug law enforcement" means all efforts by a Federal, State, local, or Tribal government agency to enforce the drug laws of the U

  • The term “law enforcement agency” means an agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or

  • the term “law enforcement and criminal justice” means any activity pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction or the enforcement of the criminal law, including, but not

  • the term “law enforcement emergency” means an uncommon situation which requires law enforcement, which is or threatens to become of serious or epidemic proportions, and with respec

  • “law enforcement inquiry” means a lawful investigation or official proceeding inquiring into a violation of, or failure to comply with, any criminal or civil statute or any regulat

  • For the purpose of this subchapter, the term “law enforcement officer” means— (1) a law enforcement officer within the meaning of section 5541(3) and to whom the provisions of chap

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “law enforcement officers” means personnel who have successfully completed law enforcement training and are authorized to carry firearms a

  • The term "law enforcement personnel" means an individual, including criminal investigators (commonly known as "agents") and uniformed police (commonly known as

  • “law enforcement position” means employment as an officer in a State or local police force, or correctional institution.

  • For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “law enforcement technology” includes investigative and forensic technologies, corrections technologies, and technologies that support

  • The term “lawful hunt” means the taking or harvesting (or attempted taking or harvesting) of wildlife or fish, on Federal lands, which— (A) is lawful under the laws applicable in t

  • The term “lawfully admitted for permanent residence” means the status of having been lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in

  • “laws of the State” means the constitution, and all statutes, regulations, and common laws of the State of Maine and its political subdivisions and all subsequent amendments theret

  • the term “laws of the United States” includes any statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, or judicial rule of decision of the United States or any political subdivision thereo

  • The term “lawsuit” means the action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entitled Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida against State of Flori