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For purposes of this subsection, the term “P” means the percentage that is the arithmetic mean of the percentage determined under subparagraph (A) and the percentage determined und
The term “P–16 education” means the educational system from preschool through the conferring of a baccalaureate degree.
The term "P5+1 countries" means the United States, France, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
The term “PAC assessment instrument” means— (i) in the case of home health agencies, the instrument used for purposes of reporting and assessment with respect to the Outcome and As
For purposes of this section, the term “PACE demonstration waiver program” means a demonstration program under either of the following sections (as in effect before the date of the
For purposes of this section, the term “PACE program” means a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly that meets the following requirements: (A) The entity operating the prog
For purposes of this section, the term “PACE program agreement” means, with respect to a PACE provider, an agreement, consistent with this section, section 1396u–4 of this title (i
For purposes of this section, the term "PACE program eligible individual" means, with respect to a PACE program, an individual who— (A) is 55 years of age or older; (B) s
For purposes of this section, the term “PACE protocol” means the Protocol for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), as published by On Lok, Inc., as of April 14
For purposes of this section, the term “PACE provider” means an entity that— (i) subject to subparagraph (B), is (or is a distinct part of) a public entity or a private, nonprofit
The term “Pacific Insular Area” means American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island,
The term “Pacific Island and Asian Americans” means Americans having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific
The term “Pacific Island Party” means a Pacific Island nation which is a party to the Treaty.
Subject to the provisions of section 835 l of this title, that portion of the construction cost of any project hereafter authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained by t
The term "Pacific Region" means any Federal or State water— (I) adjacent to the State of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, or Washington; and (II) extending from shore.
The term "Pacific Salmon Commission" means the Pacific Salmon Commission established by the United States and Canada under the Treaty concerning Pacific salmon, with anne
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“Package” means any container of naval stores, and includes barrel, tank, tank car, or other receptacle. / The term “package” means a pack, box, carton, or container of any kind in
The term “packaged boiler” means a boiler that is shipped complete with heating equipment, mechanical draft equipment, and automatic controls; usually shipped in one or more sectio
The term “packaged terminal air conditioner” means a wall sleeve and a separate unencased combination of heating and cooling assemblies specified by the builder and intended for mo
The term “packaged terminal heat pump” means a packaged terminal air conditioner that utilizes reverse cycle refrigeration as its prime heat source and should have supplementary he
If the Commission determines that an art material in a container equal to or smaller than one fluid ounce (30 ml) (if the product is sold by volume) or one ounce net weight (28 g)
The term "packaging materials and containers" means materials and containers in which a good is packaged for retail sale.
The term “packer” means any person engaged in the business of buying cattle in commerce for purposes of slaughter, of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products from ca
The term “packer-owned cattle” means cattle that a packer owns for at least 14 days immediately before slaughter.
The term “packer-owned swine” means swine that a packer (including a subsidiary or affiliate of the packer) owns for at least 14 days immediately before slaughter.
The term “packer-sold swine” means the swine that are— (A) owned by a packer (including a subsidiary or affiliate of the packer) for more than 14 days immediately before sale for s
The term “packing costs” means the cost of all containers and coverings of whatever nature and of packing, whether for labor or materials, used in placing merchandise in condition,
The term "packing materials and containers" means materials and containers that are used to protect a good during transportation.
The term “packing materials and containers for shipment” means the goods used to protect a good during its transportation and does not include the packaging materials and container
The term “PAC payment system” means— (i) with respect to a home health agency, the prospective payment system under section 1395fff of this title ; (ii) with respect to a skilled n
The terms “post-acute care provider” and “PAC provider” mean— (i) a home health agency; (ii) a skilled nursing facility; (iii) an inpatient rehabilitation facility; and (iv) a long
In this subparagraph the term “PADD” means a Petroleum Administration for Defense District.
“page” means a page of the House of Representatives, but such term does not include a full time, permanent employee of the House of Representatives with supervisory responsibility
“paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus” means the balance of the paid-in share accounts and deposits as of a given date, less any loss that may have been incurred for which th
the term "paid leave" means, with respect to an employee, leave without loss of or reduction in— (A) pay; (B) leave to which the employee is otherwise entitled under law;
In this subsection, the term “paid lunch” means a reimbursable lunch served to students who are not certified to receive free or reduced price meals.
For purposes of this section the term "pain care" means the assessment, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, or management of acute or chronic pain regardless of causation o
In this subsection, the term “Pain Consortium” means the Pain Consortium of the National Institutes of Health or a similar trans-National Institutes of Health coordinating entity d
The term “paleontological resource” means any fossilized remains, traces, or imprints of organisms, preserved in or on the earth’s crust, that are of paleontological interest and t
The term “Palestinian Authority” means the interim Palestinian administrative organization that governs part of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (or any successor Palestinia
The term “Panama Canal Authority” means the entity created by the Republic of Panama to succeed the Panama Canal Commission as of the Canal Transfer Date.
“Panama Canal service” means— (i) service as an employee of the Canal Zone Government, the Panama Canal Company, or the Panama Canal Commission; or (ii) service at a permanent duty
The term “Panama TPA certification of origin” means the certification established under article 4.15 of the United States–Panama Trade Promotion Agreement that a good qualifies as
The term “pandemic-related revenue loss” means, with respect to an eligible entity— (A) except as provided in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), the gross receipts, as established us
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“Panel” means the Federal Service Impasses Panel described in section 7119(c) of this title ; / “Panel” means any of the Panels established by the Treaty; / The term “Panel” means
The term “panel-track supplement” means a supplement to an approved premarket application or premarket report under section 360e of this title that requests a significant change in
The term “Papa Ola Lokahi” means an organization composed of— (i) E Ola Mau; (ii) the Office of Hawaiian Affairs of the State of Hawaii; (iii) Alu Like Inc.; (iv) the University of
The term “paperback” means any book which has a flexible outer cover and the pages of which are affixed directly to such outer cover. Such term does not include a magazine.
The term "parachute payment" means any payment in the nature of compensation to (or for the benefit of) a disqualified individual if— (i) such payment is contingent on a
The term “paraprofessional”, also known as a “paraeducator”, includes an education assistant and instructional assistant.
The term “parallel financing” means financing provided by any combination of official development assistance, official export credits, and private commercial credit which is not in
The term “paraplegia” means the complete and irreversible paralysis of both lower limbs.
The term “paraprofessional” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of this title . / The term “paraprofessional” means an individual who is employed in a preschool, element
The term “paraprofessional child and adolescent mental health worker” means an individual who is not a mental or behavioral health service professional, but who works at the first
The term “parcel number 1” means the area, encompassing approximately 11,317 acres, bounded on the south by the Montana-Wyoming border, on the east by the 107th meridian, on the no
The term “parcel number 2” means the area, encompassing approximately 12,964 acres, bounded on the south by the extension to the west of the southern boundary of the Northern Cheye
The term “parcel number 3” means the area, encompassing approximately 2,469 acres, bounded on the south by the extension to the west of the northern boundary of the Northern Cheyen
The term “parcel number 4” means the area, encompassing approximately 9,415 acres, bounded on the south by the northern boundary of the Crow Indian Reservation, on the east by the
“parcel of highly fractionated Indian land” means a parcel of land that the Secretary, pursuant to authority under a provision of this chapter, determines to have, as evidenced by
the term “parent” means the biological parent of an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a son or daughter; / “parent” includes
The term “parental involvement” means the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities
“parent corporation” has the meaning given such term by section 424(e). / For purposes of this part, the term “parent corporation” means any corporation (other than the employer co
the term “Parent Locator Service” means the service established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 653 of title 42 ; / the term “Parent Locator Service” me
The term “parent mentor” means an individual who— (A) is a parent or guardian of at least one child who is an eligible child under this subchapter or subchapter XIX; and (B) is tra
The term “parent organization” has the meaning given the term in section 1471(g) of this title . / In this section, the term "parent organization" means a private nonprof
The term “parents” means biological or adoptive parents or legal guardians, as determined by applicable State law.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “parent-subsidiary controlled group” means any controlled group of corporations as defined in section 1563(a)(1), except that— (i) “more
The term “parent training and information center” means a center assisted under section 1471 or 1472 of this title.
“parimutuel” means any system whereby wagers with respect to the outcome of a horserace are placed with, or in, a wagering pool conducted by a person licensed or otherwise permitte
The term “park” means Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as authorized and established by the Act of June 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 262; 16 U.S.C. 261 et seq.). / “Park” means the W
The term “parking surcharge regulation” means a regulation imposing or requiring the imposition of any tax, surcharge, fee, or other charge on parking spaces, or any other area use
In this section, the term “Parkinson’s” means— (1) Parkinson’s disease; and (2) all other neurodegenerative Parkinsonisms, including multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degenerat
“Park system resource” means any living or non-living resource that is located within the boundaries of a unit of the National Park System, except for resources owned by a non-Fede
“parole” means any form of release of an offender from imprisonment to the community by a releasing authority prior to the expiration of his sentence, subject to conditions imposed
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The term “part” means a frame, assembly, component, appliance, engine, propeller, material, part, spare part, piece, section, or related integral or auxiliary equipment.
Part 121 air carrier.—The term “part 121 air carrier” means an air carrier to which part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, applies. / The term “part 121 air carrier” me
Part 135 air carrier.—The term “part 135 air carrier” means an air carrier to which part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, applies.
The term “part 135 certificate holder” means a person holding an operating certificate issued under part 119 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, that is authorized to conduct
The term “part 145 repair station” means a repair station that holds a certificate issued under part 145 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
the term "part 1 violent crime" means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigat
The term "part 1 violent crimes" means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investiga
The term “part B institution” means any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Ame
The term “part B late enrollment premium increase” means any increase in a premium as a result of the application of subsection (b).
In this subsection, the term "part B rebatable drug" means a single source drug or biological (as defined in subparagraph (D) of subsection (c)(6)), including a biosimila
The term "part D eligible individual" means an individual who is entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B (but not including an individual enrolled sole
The term “part D enrollee” means an individual who is enrolled in a part D plan.
The term "part D plan" means a prescription drug plan or an MA–PD plan (as defined for purposes of part D). / For purposes of this section and section 1395w–134 of this t
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “part D rebatable drug” means, with respect to an applicable period, a drug or biological described in subparagraph (C) that is a c
the term “partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion— (A) deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the
The term "partial hospitalization services" means the items and services described in paragraph (2) prescribed by a physician for an individual determined (not less frequ
The term “partially exempt methanol or ethanol fuel” means any liquid at least 85 percent of which consists of methanol, ethanol, or other alcohol produced from natural gas.
The term “partially pooled account” means a part of an unemployment fund in which part of the fund all contributions thereto are mingled and undivided, and from which part of the f
The terms “tied aid credit” and “partially untied aid credit” mean any credit which— (A) has a grant element greater than zero percent, as determined by the Development Assistance
In this section, the term “partial mobilization” means the mobilization resulting from action by Congress or the President, under any law, to bring units of any reserve component,
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “partial qualifying APM participant” means, with respect to a year, an eligible professional for whom the Secretary determines the minim
The term “partial separation” means, with respect to an individual who has not been totally separated, that he has had— (A) his hours of work reduced to 80 percent or less of his a
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “partial tax” means the partial tax imposed by subsection (a)(2) determined under this subsection without regard to this paragraph.
The term “partial withdrawal” means a partial withdrawal described in section 1385 of this title .
the term “participant” means an individual for whom an account has been established under section 8439 of this title; / The term “participant” shall have the meaning given that ter
As used in this subparagraph, the term “participate” or “participation” refers to multilender transactions, including syndications, assignments, loan participations, subparticipati