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  • For purposes of this section, the term “representatives of the Administrator” means representatives of the national flood insurance program who participate in the appeals process e

  • For purposes of this clause, the term “represented beneficiary” means an individual— (aa) who is entitled to benefits under this subchapter, subchapter VIII, or subchapter XVI; and

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term "represented minor beneficiary" has the meaning given such term in subsection (j)(11)(B)(iii).1

  • the terms “copy”, “fixed”, “musical work”, “phonorecord”, “reproduce”, “sound recordings”, and “transmit” mean those terms within the meaning of title 17; and

  • The term “reproductive health services” means reproductive health services provided in a hospital, clinic, physician’s office, or other facility, and includes medical, surgical, co

  • The term “repurchase” means— (A) a redemption within the meaning of section 317(b) with regard to the stock of a covered corporation, and (B) any transaction determined by the Secr

  • The term “request for applications” means a funding announcement published by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that provides detailed information on funding opportuni

  • The term “request for classification information” means a request made under section 360c(g) of this title for information respecting the class in which a device has been classifie

  • In this subchapter, the terms “challenge inspection”, “plant site”, “plant”, “facility agreement”, “inspection team”, and “requesting state party” have the meanings given those ter

  • The term "requestor" means an entity or entities, including a drug sponsor or a biomedical research consortia, seeking to qualify a drug development tool for a proposed c

  • The term "request to establish a generic investigational new animal drug file" means the submission to the Secretary of a request to establish a generic investigational n

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “required accrual period” means the period— (i) which begins with the first taxable year for which the ownership test of subparagraph (C)

  • The term “required allowances” means the allowances required to operate such unit for so much of the unit's useful life as occurs after January 1, 2000.

  • For purposes of clause (i), the term “required annual payment” means the lesser of— (I) 90 percent of the minimum required contribution (determined without regard to this subsectio

  • The term “required beginning date” means April 1 of the calendar year following the later of— (I) the calendar year in which the employee attains the applicable age, or (II) the ca

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “required contribution” means— (i) in the case of an individual eligible to purchase minimum essential coverage consisting of coverage thro

  • For purposes of this clause, the term “required contributions” means, for any period, the amounts which the employer was obligated to contribute for such period (not taking into ac

  • The term “required distribution” means, with respect to any calendar year, the sum of— (A) 85 percent of the real estate investment trust's ordinary income for such calendar year,

  • The term “required documentation” includes such documentation as the Secretary may require that proves the individual’s identity, foreign status, and residency.

  • The term “required filing date” means the date prescribed for filing an information return with the Secretary (determined with regard to any extension of time for filing).

  • The term “required form” shall not apply to end items or to their components at any tier. The term “required form” means in the form of mill product, such as bar, billet, wire, sla

  • The terms “due date” and “required installment” have the meanings given such terms by subsection (j). / The terms "due date" and "required installment" have the

  • The term “required interest amount” means the aggregate amount of interest which will be payable over the first 4 years of the deferral period with respect to the deferred amount (

  • The term “required matching efforts” means efforts to identify and locate copyright owners of musical works as described in subsection (d)(10)(B)(i).

  • The term “required minimum level” means, with respect to each relevant capital measure, the minimum acceptable capital level specified by the appropriate Federal banking agency by

  • For purposes of this section, the term “required payment” means, with respect to any applicable election year of a partnership or S corporation, an amount equal to— (1) the excess

  • The term “required primary health services” means— (i) basic health services which, for purposes of this section, shall consist of— (I) health services related to family medicine,

  • In the case of any notice of lien, the term “required refiling period” means— (A) the one-year period ending 30 days after the expiration of 10 years after the date of the assessme

  • For purposes of this section, the term “required taxable year” means the taxable year determined under section 706(b), 1378, or 441(i) without taking into account any taxable year

  • The term "required use traveler" has the meaning given such term in Department of Defense directive 4500.56, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this section.

  • The term “requirement” includes a prohibition.

  • The term “requirements creep” means the addition of new technical or operational specifications after a requirements document is approved by the appropriate validation authority fo

  • Requirements definition.—The term “requirements definition” means the process of translating policy objectives and mission needs into specific requirements, the description of whic

  • The term “requirements document” means a document produced in the requirements process that is provided for an acquisition program to guide the subsequent development, production,

  • The term "requirements owner" means a member of the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard) or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense responsible for a requir

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “requisite knowledge” means situations in which a person “knows”, as “knowing” is defined in section 78dd–2 of title 15 .

  • The term “re-refined oil” means used oil from which the physical and chemical contaminants acquired through previous use have been removed through a refining process.

  • The term “resale” includes any transfer of ownership or control of an imported dog of less than 6 months of age to another person, for more than de minimis consideration.

  • “rescission bill” means a bill or joint resolution which only rescinds, in whole or in part, budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message transmitted by the Presi

  • The term “research” means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, marketability, production, or quality of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fow

  • the term “Research and Analysis Center” means the research and analysis center established under section 5344 of this title ;

  • the term “research” or “research and development” means any activity which is (A) a systematic, intensive study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding of the subject st

  • The term "research and development award" means support provided to an individual or entity by a Federal research agency to carry out research and development activities,

  • The term “research facility” means any school (except an elementary or secondary school), institution, organization, or person that uses or intends to use live animals in research,

  • In this paragraph, the term “research findings” means the results of a study or assessment.

  • the term "research institution" means a nonprofit institution, as defined in section 3703(5) 1 of this title, and includes federally funded research and development cente

  • The terms “research octane number” and “motor octane number” have the meanings given such terms in the specifications of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) entit

  • “Research Office” means the Great Lakes Research Office established by subsection (d);

  • The term “research on women's health” means research on women's health conditions, including research on preventing such conditions.

  • the term “research plan” means the Steel Initiative Research Plan issued in April 1988 by the Department of Energy, and updates to that plan.

  • the term “research position” means a position in a professional series that primarily involves scientific inquiry or investigation, or research-type exploratory development of a cr

  • “research program” means a planned study of the manner in which public management policies and systems are operating, the effects of those policies and systems, the possibilities f

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “research reactor” means a nuclear reactor that— (i) is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under section 2134(c) of this title

  • the term “research report” means a written or electronic communication that includes an analysis of equity securities of individual companies or industries, and that provides infor

  • The term "research tool" means a device, technology, procedure, biological material, reagent, computer system, computer software, or analytical technique that is develope

  • The term “reseller”— (A) means a provider who purchases telecommunications services from another telecommunications service provider and then resells, uses as a component part of,

  • The term “reservable liabilities” means transaction accounts, nonpersonal time deposits, and all net balances, loans, assets, and obligations which are, or may be, subject to reser

  • “Reservation” means the geographically defined area or areas over which a tribal organization exercises governmental jurisdiction. / The term “reservation” means the geographically

  • “reservations” means national forests, tribal lands embraced within Indian reservations, military reservations, and other lands and interests in lands owned by the United States, a

  • The term “Reserve” means a member of a reserve component of one of the Armed Forces. / Reserve.—The term “Reserve” means the great cross-axis of the Mall, which generally extends f

  • The term “reserve account” means a separate account in an unemployment fund, maintained with respect to a person (or group of persons) having individuals in his (or their) employ,

  • The term “reserve active-status list” means a single list for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps (required to be maintained under section 14002 of this title ) that contain

  • The terms "active-duty family member category", "retired category", and "reserve and young adult category" mean the respective categories of TRICARE S

  • The term “reserve area” means any area of land withdrawn from the public domain and administered, either solely or primarily, by the Secretary through the Service.

  • The terms “banks”, “national bank”, “national banking association”, “member bank”, “board”, “district”, and “reserve bank” shall have the meanings assigned to them in section 221 o

  • The term "reserve bank master account and services" means an account in which a Federal reserve bank— (A) receives deposits for an entity other than an official accountho

  • The term "reserve component" means— (A) the Army National Guard of the United States; (B) the Army Reserve; (C) the Navy Reserve; (D) the Marine Corps Reserve; (E) the Ai

  • The term “reserve-component annuity” means an annuity provided by virtue of eligibility under section 1448(a)(1)(B) of this title .

  • The term “reserve-component retired pay” means retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title (or under chapter 67 of this title as in effect before the effective date of the Reserve

  • The term “reserved conduit” means any conduit that is included in project works the care, operation, and maintenance of which has been reserved by the Secretary, through the Commis

  • The term “reserved works” mean 2 any project facility at which the Secretary carries out the operation and maintenance of the project facility. / The term "reserved works&quot

  • For purposes of subclause (I), the term “reserve for post-retirement medical or life insurance benefits” means the greater of the amount of assets set aside for purposes of post-re

  • the term “reserve fund” means a fund, established by a participating State, earmarked for a particular participating financial institution, for the purposes of— (A) depositing all

  • "Reserve officer" means a commissioned officer in the Reserve, except an officer excluded by section 3732 of this title or a commissioned warrant officer; and

  • The term “reserve property” means any property with respect to which a reserve is established under subsection (a)(1).

  • “Reserves” means the electric power needed to avert particular planning or operating shortages for the benefit of firm power customers of the Administrator and available to the Adm

  • The term "Reservist" means a veteran described in section 3701(b)(5)(A) of this title who is eligible under section 3702(a)(2)(E) of this title.

  • The term “reservoir” means any producible natural accumulation of natural gas, crude oil, or both, confined— (A) by impermeable rock or water barriers and characterized by a single

  • The term “residence” means the place of general abode; the place of general abode of a person means his principal, actual dwelling place in fact, without regard to intent. / The te

  • The term “resident” includes an intern or other participant in an approved medical residency training program. / The term “resident” means any person who, on the date on which the

  • The term “Resident Advisory Committee” means an elected body of residents at a facility of the Retirement Home established under section 416a of this title.

  • The term “resident council” means any incorporated nonprofit organization or association that— (A) is representative of the residents of the housing; (B) adopts written procedures

  • The term "resident eligible caregiver" means an individual who— (A) is a caregiver, or a family caregiver, of a veteran and resides with that veteran; and (B) has not ent

  • “residential” means used as a dwelling;

  • The term “residential building” means any attached or unattached single family residence. / The term “residential building” means a structure or portion of a structure which provid

  • The term "residential care" means care provided in any non-family-based group setting, including orphanages, transit or interim care centers, children's homes, children's

  • The term “residential construction contract” means any contract which would be described in subparagraph (A) if clause (i) of such subparagraph reads as follows: (“i) dwelling unit

  • “residential development” means the permitting for siting or construction of any residence or other related major structure;

  • The term “residential dwelling” means— (A) a single-family dwelling, including attached structures such as porches and stoops; or (B) a single-family dwelling unit in a structure t

  • the term “residential dwellings” includes previously occupied and new single family and multifamily dwellings, mobile homes, and publicly assisted housing owned by a private sponso

  • The term “residential energy property expenditures” means expenditures made by the taxpayer for qualified energy property which is— (A) installed on or in connection with a dwellin

  • The term “residential Energy Star product” means a product for a residence that is rated for energy efficiency under the Energy Star program.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “residential improved real estate” means improved real estate for which the improvement is a residential building.

  • The term "residential inverter" means an inverter which— (i) is suitable for a residence, (ii) has a rated output of 120 or 240 volt single-phase power, and (iii) has a c

  • “Residential use” or “residential load” means all usual residential, apartment, seasonal dwelling and farm electrical loads or uses, but only the first four hundred horsepower duri

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “residential loan” means any loan described in clause (v) of section 7701(a)(19)(C) but only if such loan is incurred in acquiring, constru

  • the term “residential manufactured home” means a manufactured home as defined in section 5402(6) of title 42 which is used as a residence; and / the term “residential manufactured

  • The term "residential mortgage" means a mortgage which (1) is a mortgage on real estate, in fee simple or under a leasehold having such term as may be prescribed by the C

  • The term “residential mortgage loan” means any loan primarily for personal, family, or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual se

  • The term “residential mortgage transaction” means a transaction consummated on or after the date that is 1 year after July 29, 1998, in which a mortgage, deed of trust, purchase mo