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  • “removal costs” means— (A) the costs of removal of oil or a hazardous substance that are incurred after it is discharged; and (B) in any case in which there is a substantial threat

  • the term “removal court” means the court described in section 1532 of this title;

  • the term “removal hearing” means the hearing described in section 1534 of this title;

  • the term “removal proceeding” means a proceeding under this subchapter; and

  • the term “removal request” means a request stating that an individual elects to have the name and address of such individual excluded from any list used by a promoter for mailing s

  • “Removal” or “remove” means the removal of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes, or any processed tobacco, from the factory or from internal revenue bond under section 570

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    the term “REMS” means a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy under section 355–1 of this title ;

  • the term “REMS with ETASU” means a REMS that contains elements to assure safe use under section 355–1(f) of this title ;

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “remuneration” includes any remuneration (including benefits) in any medium other than cash, but shall not include— (i) any payment referre

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term "renal dialysis services" includes— (i) items and services included in the composite rate for renal dialysis services as of Decem

  • The term “renderer” means any person engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of poultry, except rendering conducted under inspection

  • In this section, the term “renegotiation-eligible drug” means a selected drug that is any of the following: (A) A selected drug for which a new indication is added to the drug. (B)

  • The term “renewable biomass” means— (A) materials, pre-commercial thinnings, or invasive species from National Forest System land and public lands (as defined in section 1702 of ti

  • The term “renewable chemical” means a monomer, polymer, plastic, formulated product, or chemical substance produced from renewable biomass.

  • The term “renewable diesel” means liquid fuel derived from biomass which meets— (A) the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Prot

  • The term “renewable energy” means energy derived from— (A) a wind, solar, renewable biomass, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, or hydroelectric sourc

  • The term “renewable energy project” means a project— (A) for the commercial generation of electricity; and (B) that generates electricity from— (i) solar, wind, or geothermal energ

  • the term “renewable energy resource” means any energy resource which has recently originated in the sun, including direct and indirect solar radiation and intermediate solar energy

  • As used in this subsection, the term “renewable energy resources” includes energy derived from solar thermal, geothermal, biomass, wind, and photovoltaic resources.

  • In this section, the term "renewable energy site" means a brownfield site that is redeveloped through the incorporation of 1 or more renewable energy technologies, includ

  • The term “renewable energy source” means— (A) wind; (B) ocean waves; (C) biomass; (D) solar; (E) landfill gas; (F) incremental hydropower; (G) livestock methane; or (H) geothermal

  • the term “renewable energy sources” includes, but is not limited to, sources such as agriculture and urban waste, geothermal energy, solar energy, and wind energy; and

  • Subject to subparagraph (C), the term "renewable energy system" means a system that produces usable energy from a renewable energy source. / The term "renewable ener

  • The term “renewable fuel” means any fuel— (A) at least 85 percent of the volume of which consists of ethanol; or (B) any mixture of biodiesel and diesel or renewable diesel (as def

  • For purposes of this section, the term “renewable fuel blend” means a gasoline blend that contains not less than 11 percent, and not more than 85 percent, renewable fuel or diesel

  • The term “Renewable Fuel Capital Investment company” means a company— (A) that— (i) has been granted final approval by the Administrator under section 690c(e) of this title ; and (

  • “Renewable resource” means a resource which utilizes solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, or similar sources of energy and which either is used for electric power generation or

  • The terms "energy audit", "energy conservation measure", and "renewable-resource energy measure" have the meanings given the terms in section 361(c) o

  • The term “renewal” means a renewal of a declaration under section 677b(d) of this title .

  • For purposes of this title, the term “renewal community” means any area— (A) which is nominated by 1 or more local governments and the State or States in which it is located for de

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the term “renewal community business” means any entity or proprietorship which would be a qualified business entity or qualified proprietorship und

  • the term “renewal period” means any period for which the lease may be renewed, extended, or continued pursuant to an option exercisable by the lessee, but

  • The term “renovated” means the repairing or reconstructing of 50 percent or more of the current value of a Federal employee office building, not including the value of the land on

  • the terms “rent” or “rental” mean, with respect to members of a cooperative, the charges under the occupancy agreements between such members and the cooperative;

  • the terms “rent” or “rental” mean, with respect to members of a cooperative, the charges under the occupancy agreements between such members and the cooperative;

  • The term “rental activity” means any activity where payments are principally for the use of tangible property.

  • “rental company” means a person who— (A) is engaged in the business of renting covered rental vehicles; and (B) uses for rental purposes a motor vehicle fleet of 35 or more covered

  • As used in this section, (1) the term “rental for transient or hotel purposes” shall have such meaning as prescribed by the Secretary but rental for any period less than thirty day

  • The term “rental housing” means housing, the occupancy of which is permitted by the owner thereof in consideration of the payment of agreed charges, whether or not, by the terms of

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “rental housing counseling” means counseling related to rental of residential property, which may include counseling regarding future home

  • The term “rental payment” means a payment made by the Secretary to an owner or operator of a farm or ranch containing highly erodible cropland to compensate the owner or operator f

  • For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c), the term “rents from real property” includes (subject to paragraph (2))— (A) rents from interests in real property, (B) ch

  • The term “rent-to-own contract” means any lease for the use of consumer property between a rent-to-own dealer and a customer who is an individual which— (i) is titled “Rent-to-Own

  • The term “rent-to-own dealer” means a person that, in the ordinary course of business, regularly enters into rent-to-own contracts with customers for the use of consumer property,

  • “reorganization” means a transfer, consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition, referred to in section 903 of this title; and / “Reorganization” means (A) a reorganiza

  • The term “reorganization effective date” means the effective date of the reorganization as determined by the Board of Directors of the Association, which shall not be earlier than

  • The term "repackager" means a person who owns or operates an establishment that repacks and relabels a product or package for— (A) further sale; or (B) distribution witho

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the terms “repair”, “repairs”, “rehabilitate”, and “rehabilitation” include measures to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards, as such terms

  • The term “repairable” means property that is unusable in its current state but can be economically repaired.

  • The term "repair and rehabilitation"— (i) means the repair or rebuilding of a levee or other flood control structure, after the structure has been damaged by a flood, to

  • “repairman” means an individual who holds a repairman certificate issued under part 65 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

  • The term "repair project" has the meaning given in section 2811 of this title. / In this section, the term “repair project” means a project— (1) to restore a real propert

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the terms “repair”, “repairs”, “rehabilitate”, and “rehabilitation” include measures to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards, as such terms

  • The term “repayment contract” shall mean any contract providing for payment of construction charges to the United States.

  • “repayment date” means the end of the period within which the Administrator's rates are to assure the repayment of the principal amount of a capital investment; and

  • The term “repeat intoxicated driver law” means a State law or combination of laws or programs that provides, as a minimum penalty, that an individual convicted of a second or subse

  • The term “repetitive loss structure” has the meaning given such term in section 4121 of this title . / the term “repetitive loss structure” means a structure covered by a contract

  • “repair” and “replace” mean to restore to a sound working condition by replacing any part of an odometer or by correcting any inoperative part of an odometer.

  • The term “replaced property” means— (I) the property transferred in the exchange which qualifies under section 1031, or (II) the property compulsorily or involuntarily converted (w

  • The term “replacement” means furnishing a new consumer product which is identical or reasonably equivalent to the warranted consumer product. / Replacement.—The term “replacement”

  • The term “replacement ballast” means a ballast that— (i) is designed for use to replace an existing ballast in a previously installed luminaire; (ii) is marked “FOR REPLACEMENT USE

  • "Replacement Common Stock" means stock of a Native Corporation issued in exchange for Settlement Common Stock pursuant to section 1606(h)(3) of this title;

  • “replacement equipment” means motor vehicle equipment (including a tire) that is not original equipment;

  • the term “replacement fuel” means the portion of any motor fuel that is methanol, ethanol, or other alcohols, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, coal derived liquid fu

  • The term “replacement period” means the period which begins 3 months before the date on which the sale of qualified securities occurs and which ends 12 months after the date of suc

  • “Replacements” shall mean such replacements as may be necessary to keep the project in good operating condition beginning June 1, 1937, but shall not include (except where used in

  • The term “replacement year” means any taxable year in the replacement period; except that such term shall not include any taxable year after the taxable year in which replacement o

  • The term “replanted crop” means any agricultural commodity replanted on the same acreage as the first crop for harvest in the same crop year if the replanting is required by the te

  • The term “repo participant” means an entity that, at any time before the filing of the petition, has an outstanding repurchase agreement with the debtor.

  • As used in this paragraph, the term “report” means, with respect to the Commission, a report, designation, or statement required by this Act to be filed with the Commission. / Defi

  • The term “reportable acquisition” means the acquisition by an applicable exempt organization of a direct or indirect interest in any applicable insurance contract in any case in wh

  • The term "reportable death benefits" means amounts paid by reason of the death of the insured under a life insurance contract that has been transferred in a reportable po

  • The term “reportable event” means— (i) the creation of any foreign trust by a United States person, (ii) the transfer of any money or property (directly or indirectly) to a foreign

  • The term “reportable food” means an article of food (other than infant formula) for which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, such article of food wi

  • The term “reportable interest or dividend payment” means any payment of a kind, and to a payee, required to be shown on a return required under— (i) section 6049(a) (relating to pa

  • The term “reportable payment” means— (A) any reportable interest or dividend payment, and (B) any other reportable payment.

  • The term “reportable payment transaction” means any payment card transaction and any third party network transaction.

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term "reportable policy sale" means the acquisition of an interest in a life insurance contract, directly or indirectly, if the acquir

  • The term “reportable transaction” has the meaning given to such term by section 6707A(c). / The term “reportable transaction” means any transaction with respect to which informatio

  • The term “reportable transaction understatement” means the sum of— (A) the product of— (i) the amount of the increase (if any) in taxable income which results from a difference bet

  • The term “reported capital gain dividend amount” means the amount reported to its shareholders under clause (i) as a capital gain dividend.

  • The term “reported exempt-interest dividend amount” means the amount reported to its shareholders under clause (i) as an exempt-interest dividend.

  • The term “reported interest related dividend amount” means the amount reported to its shareholders under clause (i) as an interest related dividend.

  • The term “reported item” means any item for which information is required to be furnished under subsection (a).

  • The term “reported short-term capital gain dividend amount” means the amount reported to its shareholders under clause (i) as a short-term capital gain dividend.

  • the term “reporting activity level” means transactions in publicly traded securities at or above a level of volume, fair market value, or exercise value as shall be fixed from time

  • The term “reporting company”— (A) means a corporation, limited liability company, or other similar entity that is— (i) created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state

  • The term “reporting day” means a day on which— (A) a packer conducts business regarding livestock committed to the packer, or livestock purchased, sold, or slaughtered by the packe

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “reporting period” means the 6-month period for which a report under this paragraph is made, except that the first reporting period shall b

  • the term “report of the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission” means the report submitted to the Congress by the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission pursuant to an Act en

  • The term “report of usage” means a report reflecting an entity’s usage of musical works in covered activities described in subsection (d)(4)(A).

  • The term “repository” means any system licensed by the Commission that is intended to be used for, or may be used for, the permanent deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactiv

  • The term “repowering” means replacement of an existing coal-fired boiler with one of the following clean coal technologies: atmospheric or pressurized fluidized bed combustion, int

  • “represent” means to describe one or more of a fastener's purported characteristics in a document or statement that is transmitted to a purchaser through any medium;

  • the term "Representative" includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. / As used in this paragraph, the term “representative” includes an officer, offici

  • the term “representative office” means any office of a foreign bank which is located in any State and is not a Federal branch, Federal agency, State branch, or State agency;

  • the term “representative of the homeless” means a State or local government agency, or private nonprofit organization, which provides services to the homeless; and

  • In this section, the term “representative of the President” means the following: (1) Any official of the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy who is appointed by the P

  • "representative payee" means a person (including an organization) designated under section 8345(e)(1) to receive payments on behalf of a minor or an individual mentally i

  • The term “representatives” includes any individual or labor organization.