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  • For purposes of this section, the terms “prescription drug card sponsor” and “sponsor” mean any nongovernmental entity that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to offer an e

  • The term “prescription drug establishment” means a foreign or domestic place of business which is at one general physical location consisting of one or more buildings all of which

  • The term "prescription drug plan" means prescription drug coverage that is offered— (A) under a policy, contract, or plan that has been approved under section 1395w–111(e

  • The term “prescription drug product” means a specific strength or potency of a drug in final dosage form— (i) for which a human drug application has been approved, (ii) which may b

  • “Preservation” or “historic preservation” includes identification, evaluation, recordation, documentation, curation, acquisition, protection, management, rehabilitation, restoratio

  • the term “preservation district” means the Lowell Historic Preservation District, established by section 410cc–11(a)(1) of this title; / the term “preservation district” means the

  • The term "preservation equity" means, for any eligible low-income housing— (A) for purposes of determining the authorized return under section 4104(a) of this title and p

  • The term “preservation loan service program” means homestead retention as authorized under section 2000 of this title .

  • The term "preservation value" means, for any eligible low-income housing, the applicable value determined under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 4103(b) of this title.

  • The term “preserve” means the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve established in section 410hhh–3 of this title . / The term “Preserve” means the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

  • The term “President” means the President of the United States, acting through the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the

  • the terms “President-elect” and “Vice President-elect” have the meanings given those terms in section 871(b) of this title .

  • The term “Presidential advisory committee” means an advisory committee that advises the President.

  • For purposes of this section, the term “Presidential appointee” means any officer or employee, or an applicant seeking to become an officer or employee, in any unit of the Executiv

  • “Presidential archival depository” means an institution operated by the United States to house and preserve the papers and books of a President or former President of the United St

  • The term “Presidential designee” means the official designated by the President under section 101(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1973ff(a

  • The term “presidential election” means the election of presidential and vice-presidential electors.

  • “Presidential election period” means any period beginning on June 1 in a calendar year in which the popular election of the President occurs, and ending on January 20 following the

  • The term “Presidential Inaugural Committee” means the committee referred to in section 501 of title 36 that is appointed with respect to the inauguration of a President-elect and V

  • The term “Presidential permit” means— (i) an approval by the President to construct, maintain, and operate an international bridge under section 535b of this title ; or (ii) an app

  • The term “Presidential records” means documentary materials, or any reasonably seg­regable portion thereof, created or received by the President, the President’s immediate staff, o

  • “presiding officer” means— (A) in the case of an authority to which the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 apply, an administrative law judge appointed in the auth

  • The term “presubscribed provider of operator services” means the interstate provider of operator services to which the consumer is connected when the consumer places a call using a

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “presumed markup percentage” means the average markup percentage of retailers of articles of the type involved, as determined by the Secr

  • The term “presumptive eligibility period” means, with respect to a child, the period that— (A) begins with the date on which a qualified entity determines, on the basis of prelimin

  • The term "pre-tax profits" means— (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), for any fiscal year of any person, such person's consolidated net income (excluding any extr

  • The term "pretrial diversion or similar program" means a program characterized by a suspension or eventual dismissal or reversal of charges or criminal prosecution upon a

  • For purposes of subsection (c)(3)(B)(i), the term “prevailing commissioners’ standard tables” means the most recent commissioners’ standard tables prescribed by the National Associ

  • The term “prevailing party” means any party in any proceeding to which subsection (a) applies (other than the United States or any creditor of the taxpayer involved)— (i) which— (I

  • “prevailing rate employee” means— (A) an individual employed in or under an agency in a recognized trade or craft, or other skilled mechanical craft, or in an unskilled, semiskille

  • The term "prevailing State assumed interest rate" means, with respect to any contract, the highest assumed interest rate permitted to be used in computing life insurance

  • Wages, scale of wages, wage rates, minimum wages, and prevailing wages.—The terms “wages”, “scale of wages”, “wage rates”, “minimum wages”, and “prevailing wages” include— (A) the

  • The term “prevention” means any activity undertaken to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act of terrorism. / In this section, the terms “early intervention”, “educatio

  • The term “prevention activities” means activities that address the causes of developmental disabilities and the exacerbation of functional limitation, such as activities that— (A)

  • The term “prevention and treatment” includes, as appropriate— (A) efforts to identify, and the identification of, Indians who are at risk with respect to, or who are abusers of, al

  • The terms “prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism” and “prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism” include activities under— (A) the programs spe

  • The terms “prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism” and “prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism” include activities under— (A) the programs spe

  • “prevention services” means necessary services to prevent adolescent sexual relations, including the services described in subparagraphs (A), (D), (E), (G), (H), (M), (N), (O), and

  • The term “preventive controls” means those risk-based, reasonably appropriate procedures, practices, and processes that a person knowledgeable about the safe manufacturing, process

  • The term “preventive health services” means— (A) periodic medical and dental examinations; (B) patient health education (including nutrition education); (C) maintenance of drug use

  • The term “preventive maintenance” includes pavement preservation programs and activities.

  • For purposes of this section, the term “preventive measures” means actions which eliminate the reasonable likelihood of asbestos-containing material becoming damaged, deteriorated,

  • The term "preventive services" means the following: (A) The screening and preventive services described in subsection (ww)(2) (other than the service described in subpara

  • The term "previously-owned clean vehicle" means, with respect to a taxpayer, a motor vehicle— (A) the model year of which is at least 2 years earlier than the calendar ye

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “previously uninsured individual” means, with respect to any Archer MSA, any individual who had no health plan coverage (other than covera

  • The term “previous spouse” means an individual who was married for at least 9 months to a participant, former participant, or retired participant who had at least 18 months of serv

  • The term “previous year” means the calendar year preceding the year in which the veteran applies for care or services under section 1710(a) of this title.

  • “Pribilof Islands” means the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Walrus and Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock.

  • “price” means a rate, fare, or charge.

  • The term “price actually paid or payable” means the total payment (whether direct or indirect, and exclusive of any costs, charges, or expenses incurred for transportation, insuran

  • The term “Price-Anderson incident” means a covered incident for which section 2210 of this title would make funds available to compensate for public liability (as defined in sectio

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

  • The term “price cap contract” means a contract between a retailer and a consumer under which the retailer charges the consumer the market price for propane, kerosene, or heating oi

  • the term “price differential” means— (A) in the case of a purchased electric motor vehicle, the difference between the manufacturer's suggested retail price of such electric motor

  • the term “price index” means the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • The term “price loss coverage” means coverage provided under section 9016 of this title .

  • 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

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    The “adjusted base price” of any agricultural commodity, as of any date, shall be (i) the average of the prices received by farmers for such commodity, at such times as the Secreta

  • The term "primary account holder" means an individual who is a party to a mobile service contract with a covered provider.

  • “primary airport” means a commercial service airport the Secretary determines to have more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year.

  • In this section, the term “primary and preventive health care services for women” means health care services, including related counseling services, provided to women with respect

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “primary annuitant” means the individual, the events in the life of whom are of primary importance in affecting the timing or amount of t

  • The term "primary battery" means a nonrechargeable battery that weighs not more than 4.4 pounds, including an alkaline, carbon-zinc, and lithium metal battery.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “primary care” includes all health care services customarily provided in accordance with State licensure and certification laws and regula

  • The term “primary care case management contract” means a contract between a primary care case manager and a State under which the manager undertakes to locate, coordinate, and moni

  • The term “primary care case management services” means case-management related services (including locating, coordinating, and monitoring of health care services) provided by a pri

  • The term “primary care case manager” means any of the following that provides services of the type described in paragraph (1) under a contract referred to in such paragraph: (A) A

  • The term “primary care practitioner” means an individual— (i) who— (I) is a physician (as described in section 1395x(r)(1) of this title ) who has a primary specialty designation o

  • The term “primary care provider” means a clinician who provides integrated, accessible health care services and who is accountable for addressing a large majority of personal healt

  • The term “primary care residency program” has the meaning given that term in section 293 l –1 of this title. / The term “primary care residency program” means an approved graduate

  • The term “primary care resident” means a resident enrolled in an approved medical residency training program in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, prev

  • The term “primary care services” means services identified, as of January 1, 2009, by the following HCPCS codes (and as subsequently modified by the Secretary): (i) 99201 through 9

  • the term "primary caretaker parent" has the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the Family Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 12242); / "primary caret

  • The term “primary contract infant formula” means the specific infant formula for which manufacturers submit a bid to a State agency in response to a rebate solicitation under this

  • The term “primary drinking water regulation” means a regulation which— (A) applies to public water systems; (B) specifies contaminants which, in the judgment of the Administrator,

  • The term “primary election” means an election, including a runoff election or a nominating convention or caucus held by a political party, for the selection of delegates to a natio

  • “primary energy source” means the fuel or fuels used for the generation of electric energy, except that such term does not include, as determined under rules prescribed by the Comm

  • The term “primary Federal payment stablecoin regulator” means— (A) with respect to a subsidiary of an insured depository institution (other than an insured credit union), the appro

  • The term “primary financial regulatory agency” means— (A) the appropriate Federal banking agency, with respect to institutions described in section 1813(q) of this title , except t

  • The term “primary health care” means family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, preventive medicine, or osteopathic general practice.

  • The term “primary health services” means— (A) services of physicians, physicians’ assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health professionals; (B) diagnostic laboratory and rad

  • “primary inspection agency” means a State agency or private organization that has been approved by the Secretary to act as a design approval primary inspection agency or a producti

  • The term “primary loan service program” means— (A) loan consolidation, rescheduling, or reamortization; (B) interest rate reduction, including the use of the limited resource progr

  • In subparagraph (C), the terms “metropolitan statistical area”, “consolidated metropolitan statistical area”, and “primary metropolitan statistical area” mean any area designated a

  • The term “primary, middle, and high schools” means schools providing education from kindergarten through 12th grade.

  • In this paragraph, the term "primary mission aircraft inventory" means aircraft assigned to meet the primary aircraft authorization— (i) to a unit for the performance of

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “primary mode of action” means the single mode of action of a combination product expected to make the greatest contribution to the overal

  • The term “primary network station” means a network station that broadcasts or rebroadcasts the basic programming service of a particular national network.

  • The term “primary packaging” refers to the permanent packaging inside of the innermost cellophane or other transparent wrapping and labels, if any. Warnings or other statements sha

  • The term “primary resource values” means resources which are specifically mentioned in the enabling legislation for that field unit or other resource value recognized under Federal

  • The term “primary standard attainment date” means the date specified in the applicable implementation plan for the attainment of a national primary ambient air quality standard for

  • The term "primary State" means, with respect to a covered sports medicine professional, the State in which— (A) the covered sports medicine professional is licensed to pr

  • The term “primary stream” means— (A) the single digital stream of programming as to which a television broadcast station has the right to mandatory carriage with a satellite carrie

  • For purposes of this section, the terms “primary system” and “Federal-aid primary system” mean the Federal-aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any highway which is

  • The term “primary transmission” has the meaning given that term in section 111(f) of this title .

  • The term "prime-age employment gap" means the difference (expressed as a percentage) between— (i) the national 5-year average prime-age employment rate; and (ii) the 5-ye

  • The term "prime contract" has the meaning given such term in section 8701(4) of title 41. / The term “prime contract” means a contract or contractual action entered into

  • The term “prime contractor” means a party that enters into an agreement directly with the United States to furnish part or all of a weapon system. / The term "prime contractor

  • The term “prime contractor employee” means any officer, partner, employee, or agent of a prime contractor. / The term “prime contractor employee” means an officer, partner, employe

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “prime farmland” means prime farmlands and unique farmland as those terms are defined in sections 657.5(a) and (b) of title 7, Code of Fede