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  • In this section, the term “reduced prices” means prices for food and other merchandise determined using the price setting process specified in section 2484 of this title .

  • The term “reduced rate” means a rate of contributions lower than the standard rate applicable under the State law, and the term “standard rate” means the rate on the basis of which

  • The term “reduction” means measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to lead-based paint hazards through methods including interim controls and abatement. / The term

  • For purposes of this section, the term “reduction amount” means, with respect to any qualified nuclear power facility for any taxable year, the amount equal to the lesser of— (i) t

  • For purposes of this section, “reduction in force” includes the elimination or modification of a position due to a reorganization, due to a lack of funds or curtailment of work, or

  • “reduction-in-force procedures” means procedures applied in carrying out any reduction in force due to a reorganization, due to lack of funds or curtailment of work, or due to any

  • “reemployment” means— (A) the reemployment of an employee under section 3582(b) of this title; or (B) the reemployment of a Congressional employee within 90 days from his separatio

  • "reenter" and "reentry" mean to return or attempt to return, purposefully, a reentry vehicle and its payload or human beings, if any, from Earth orbit or from o

  • "reenter" and "reentry" mean to return or attempt to return, purposefully, a reentry vehicle and its payload or human beings, if any, from Earth orbit or from o

  • In this section, the term “reentry court” means a program that— (1) monitors juvenile and adult eligible offenders reentering the community; (2) provides continual judicial supervi

  • "reentry services" means— (A) activities involved in the preparation of a reentry vehicle and payload, crew (including crew training), government astronaut, or space flig

  • “reentry site” means the location on Earth to which a reentry vehicle is intended to return (as defined in a license the Secretary issues or transfers under this chapter).

  • “reentry vehicle” means a vehicle designed to return from Earth orbit or outer space to Earth, or a reusable launch vehicle designed to return from Earth orbit or outer space to Ea

  • the term “reestablish” includes site preparation, reforestation of a damaged stand, and timber stand improvement practices, including thinning, prescribed burning, and other practi

  • The term “reference average wholesale price” means, with respect to a specified covered outpatient drug, the average wholesale price for the drug as determined under section 1395u(

  • The term “reference biological product” means the biological product licensed under such section 262 of this title that is referred to in the application described in subparagraph

  • The term “reference listed drug” means the listed drug (as such term is used in section 355(j) of this title ) for the drug involved.

  • For purposes of this part, the term “reference month” means, with respect to a year, the most recent month during the previous year for which the Secretary determines that data are

  • The term “reference price” means with respect to a calendar year the Secretary's estimate of the annual average wellhead price per barrel for all domestic crude oil the price of wh

  • The term “reference product” means the single biological product licensed under subsection (a) against which a biological product is evaluated in an application submitted under sub

  • The term “reference resident level” means, with respect to a hospital, the highest resident level for any of the 3 most recent cost reporting periods (ending before March 23, 2010)

  • The term “Reference Standard 90.1” means, with respect to any property, the more recent of— (A) Standard 90.1-2007 published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and

  • Except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), the term "reference taxable year" means, with respect to any taxpayer for any calendar year, the taxpayer's taxable year beginning

  • The term “reference written determination” means any written determination which has been determined by the Secretary to have significant reference value.

  • In this section, the term “referral” means the order of a convening authority or, with respect to charges and specifications over which a special trial counsel exercises authority

  • The term “refined coal” means a fuel— (i) which— (I) is a liquid, gaseous, or solid fuel produced from coal (including lignite) or high carbon fly ash, including such fuel used as

  • In the case of a facility that produces refined coal, the term “refined coal production facility” means— (A) with respect to a facility producing steel industry fuel, any facility

  • The term “refined petroleum product” means any gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, lubricating oil, liquid petroleum gas, or other petroleum distillate that is produced through the re

  • The term “refiner” means any person engaged in the refining of crude oil to produce motor fuel, and includes any affiliate of such person. / The term “refiner” means any person eng

  • The term “refinery” means a facility used in the production of a refined petroleum product through distillation, cracking, or any other process.

  • refitdefined inU.S. Code

    The term “refit” means a plant closure, for purposes of plant conversion or retooling, that lasts at least 3 months.

  • The term "reflagging or repair work" means work performed on a vessel— (i) to enable the vessel to meet applicable standards to become a vessel of the United States; or (

  • The term “reforestation” means the act of renewing tree cover, taking into consideration species composition and resilience, by establishing young trees through— (I) natural regene

  • The term “reforestation expenditures” means direct costs incurred in connection with forestation or reforestation by planting or artificial or natural seeding, including costs— (i)

  • In general.—The term "reformable interest" means any interest for which a deduction would be allowable under subsection (a) at the time of the decedent's death but for pa

  • The term “reformulated gasoline” means any gasoline which is certified by the Administrator under this section as complying with this subsection.

  • The term “refrigerant” means any class I or class II substance used in a motor vehicle air conditioner. Effective 5 years after November 15, 1990, the term “refrigerant” shall also

  • The term “refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machine” means a commercial refrigerator that cools bottled or canned beverages and dispenses the bottled or canned bevera

  • The term “refrigerator” means a residential model automatic defrost refrigerator-freezer which has an internal volume of at least 16.5 cubic feet.

  • The term “refuge” means a designated area of land, water, or an interest in land or water within the System, but does not include Coordination Areas.

  • The term “refugee” means (A) any person who is outside any country of such person’s nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which s

  • The term “refund” means refunding the actual purchase price (less reasonable depreciation based on actual use where permitted by rules of the Commission). / “refund” means the retu

  • Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in this subsection, the term “refundable single-dose container or single-use package drug” means a single source drug or biological (as defi

  • For purposes of this section, the terms “regenerative medicine therapy” and “regenerative advanced therapy” have the meanings given such terms in section 356(g) of this title .

  • For purposes of this section, the term “regenerative medicine therapy” includes cell therapy, therapeutic tissue engineering products, human cell and tissue products, and combinati

  • “Regimen” means a water column and submerged lands, up to the high-tide or high-water line.

  • regiondefined inU.S. Code

    The term “region” means the Lower Mississippi (as defined in section 4 of the Delta Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100–460)). / The term “region” means the States

  • “Pacific Northwest”, “region”, or “regional” means— (A) the area consisting of the States of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, the portion of the State of Montana west of the Continen

  • the term “Regional Administrator” means a Regional Administrator appointed under section 317 of this title ;

  • The term “regional authority” means the authority established or designated under section 6946 of this title .

  • The term “Regional Board” means a Regional Rural Investment Board described in section 2009dd–3(a) of this title .

  • The term “regional center for the transfer of manufacturing technology” means a manufacturing extension center for the transfer of manufacturing technology and best business practi

  • the term “regional children’s advocacy program” means the children’s advocacy program established under section 20303(a) of this title ; and

  • the term “regional children's advocacy program” means the children's advocacy program established under section 13001b(a) of this title.

  • The term "regional clean energy innovation partnership" means a group of one or more persons, including a covered consortium, who perform a collection of activities that

  • In this section, the term "regional clean hydrogen hub" means a network of clean hydrogen producers, potential clean hydrogen consumers, and connective infrastructure loc

  • The term "regional coastal observing system" means an organizational body that is certified or established by contract or memorandum by the lead Federal agency designated

  • The term "Regional Commission" means any of the following: (A) The Appalachian Regional Commission established by section 14301(a) of title 40. (B) The Delta Regional Aut

  • Regional/commuter carriers.—The term “regional/commuter carrier” means— (A) a part 135 air carrier; or (B) a part 121 air carrier that provides air transportation exclusively with

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “regional concentration rules” means the provisions of sections 73.35, 73.240, and 73.636 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (as in

  • The term “Regional Corporation” means an entity listed in section 619(4)(B) of title 42 . / The term “Regional Corporation” has the meaning given the term in section 1602 of title

  • The term "regional direct air capture hub" means a network of direct air capture projects, potential carbon dioxide utilization off-takers, connective carbon dioxide tran

  • The term “regional disposal facility” means a non-Federal low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in operation on January 1, 1985, or subsequently established and operated un

  • The term “regional district” means a subdivision of a State government, or a subdivision of multiple State governments, that is authorized to acquire, construct, operate, and maint

  • The term “regional economic integration organization” means an organization that is constituted by, and composed of, foreign states, and on which such foreign states have conferred

  • The term “regional entity” means an entity having enforcement authority pursuant to subsection (e)(4). / The terms “bulk-power system”, “Electric Reliability Organization”, and “re

  • The terms "RFMO" and "regional fisheries management organization" mean a regional fisheries management organization (as that term is defined by the United Natio

  • The term “regional fishery association” means an association formed for the mutual benefit of members— (A) to meet social and economic needs in a region or subregion; and (B) compr

  • The term “Regional Fishery Management Council” means a Regional Fishery Management Council established under section 1852 of this title .

  • The term "regional food chain coordination" means coordination and collaboration along the supply chain to increase connections between producers and markets.

  • “Regional Fuel Tax Agreement” means the interstate agreement on collecting and distributing fuel use taxes paid by motor carriers in the States of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire

  • For the purpose of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of this section the term “regional group” means any multistate group, whether or not representative of contiguous States. / For t

  • In such appropriate circumstances, material injury, the threat of material injury, or material retardation of the establishment of an industry may be found to exist with respect to

  • The term “regional innovation grant” means a grant made by the Secretary to a certified Regional Board under section 2009dd–5 of this title .

  • The term “regional innovation initiative” has the meaning given such term in section 3722(f)(1) of this title . / The term "regional innovation initiative" means a geogra

  • The term “regional investment strategy grant” means a grant made by the Secretary to a certified Regional Board under section 2009dd–4 of this title .

  • Regional jet.—The term “regional jet” means a passenger, turbofan-powered aircraft with a certificated maximum passenger seating capacity of less than 71.

  • Regional jet aircraft.—The term “regional jet aircraft” means a civil aircraft— (A) powered by jet propulsion; and (B) designed to have a maximum passenger seating capacity of not

  • The term “regional maintenance center”— (A) means an organization of the Navy that supports ship maintenance in a designated geographic region; and (B) includes the Mid-Atlantic Re

  • the term “regional multilateral development bank” means the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the Asian Development B

  • The term "Regional Ocean Partnership" means a Regional Ocean Partnership designated under subsection (b).

  • the term “Regional Office” means a Regional Office established under section 317 of this title ;

  • In this subsection, the term “regional partnership” means a collaborative agreement (which may be established on an interstate, State, or intrastate basis) entered into by the foll

  • The term “regional pilot program” means the regional pilot program established under paragraph (3)(A).

  • the term “regional project” means authorized activities of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to fish and wildlife resource protection, restoration, maintenance, a

  • The term “regional terms and conditions” means any of the terms or conditions attached by the Administrator to a license issued by the Administrator, as notified by the Secretary.

  • The term “Regional Transmission Organization” or “RTO” means an entity of sufficient regional scope approved by the Commission— (A) to exercise operational or functional control of

  • “regional transportation authority” means an entity established to provide passenger transportation in a region.

  • The term “regional transportation planning organization” means a policy board of an organization established as the result of a designation under section 135(m). / The term “region

  • For purposes of paragraph (6)(A), the term "region of interest" means a foreign geographic region or country, including the People's Republic of China, India, the Europea

  • In this chapter, the term “region of the Administration” means the geographic area served by a regional office of the Administration established under section 633(a) of this title

  • “National Register” or “Register” means the National Register of Historic Places established under section 470a of this title . / Registry endorsement.—The terms “certificate of re

  • The term "registered apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the "National Apprenticeship Act&

  • The term “registered broker or dealer” means a broker or dealer registered or required to register pursuant to section 78 o or 78 o –4 of this title, except that in paragraph (3) o

  • Subject to paragraph (3), the term “registered dietitian or nutrition professional” means an individual who— (A) holds a baccalaureate or higher degree granted by a regionally accr

  • The term “registered emergency medical services agency” means— (i) an emergency medical services agency that is registered pursuant to this subsection; or (ii) a hospital-based eme

  • The term “registered entity” means— (A) a board of trade designated as a contract market under section 7 of this title ; (B) a derivatives clearing organization registered under se

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “registered form” has the meaning given such term by section 163(f).

  • The term “registered historic district” means— (i) any district listed in the National Register, and (ii) any district— (I) which is designated under a statute of the appropriate S

  • The term “registered investment company” means an investment company that is registered with the Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [ 15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.].