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  • For purposes of this part, the term “super single tire” means a single tire greater than 13 inches in cross section width designed to replace 2 tires in a dual fitment. Such term s

  • “Supervised person” means any partner, officer, director (or other person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), or employee of an investment adviser, or othe

  • the term “supervised securities holding company” means a securities holding company that is supervised by the Board of Governors under this section; and

  • the term "supervising ethics office" means— (A) the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives or the House of Representatives as a whole,

  • the term “supervision of weighing” means such supervision by official inspection personnel of the grain-weighing process as is determined by the Secretary to be adequate to reasona

  • “supervisor” means an individual employed by an agency having authority in the interest of the agency to hire, direct, assign, promote, reward, transfer, furlough, layoff, recall,

  • "supervisors' organization" means the organization recognized by the Postal Service under subsection (b) of this section as representing a majority of supervisors;

  • "supervisory agency" means with respect to any particular financial institution, holding company, or any subsidiary of a financial institution or holding company, any of

  • The term “supervisory employee” means an employee of the Department who is a supervisor as defined in section 7103(a) of title 5 . / In this section, the terms “supervisory employe

  • As used in this subsection, the term “supervisory official” means the investigative agent in charge or assistant investigative agent in charge or an equivalent of an investigating

  • The term “supplement” means a request to the Secretary to approve a change in a human drug application which has been approved. / The term “supplement” means a request to the Secre

  • The terms “supplemental abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug” and “supplemental abbreviated application” mean a request to the Secretary to approve a change in an

  • The terms “supplemental abbreviated application for a generic new animal drug” and “supplemental abbreviated application” mean a request to the Secretary to approve a change in an

  • The term “supplemental animal drug application” means— (A) a request to the Secretary to approve a change in an animal drug application which has been approved; or (B) a request to

  • The term “supplemental claim” means a claim for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary filed by a claimant who had previously filed a claim for the same or similar benef

  • The term “supplemental educational assistance” means educational assistance provided under subchapter III of this chapter.

  • the term “supplemental educational services” means tutoring and other supplemental academic enrichment services that are— (i) in addition to instruction provided during the school

  • The terms "nutrition education" and "supplemental foods" have the meanings given the terms in section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b

  • The term “supplemental health services” means any health service which is not included as a basic health service under paragraph (1) of this section. If a health service provided b

  • the term “supplemental liability” means the estimated excess of— (A) the actuarial present value of all future benefits payable from the Fund under this chapter based on the servic

  • The term “supplemental material” means educational material developed to accompany a college textbook that— (A) may include printed materials, computer disks, website access, and e

  • “Supplemental nutrition assistance program” means the program operated pursuant to this chapter. / The term “supplemental nutrition assistance program” means— (A) the supplemental

  • Subject to subparagraph (B), in this subsection, the term "supplemental payment" means a payment to a provider that is in addition to any base payment made to the provide

  • For purposes of this section, the term “supplemental security income benefits” means benefits paid or payable by the Commissioner of Social Security under subchapter XVI, including

  • The term “supplemental security income benefit under subchapter XVI” means a cash benefit under section 1382 or 1382h(a) of this title, and does not include a State supplementary p

  • The term “supplemental services” means the services described in subsection (d). / “supplemental services” means those services which may be provided by a grantee, as determined by

  • Supplemental spouse annuity defined.—In this subchapter, the term “supplemental spouse annuity” means an annuity provided to a spouse or former spouse under this subchapter.

  • “supplemental transaction” means any transaction set forth in a proposal under section 745 of this title under which the Corporation or a subsidiary thereof would (A) acquire rail

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “supplemental unemployment compensation benefits” means amounts which are paid to an employee, pursuant to a plan to which the employer is a

  • The term “supplementary aids and services” means aids, services, and other supports that are provided in regular education classes or other education-related settings to enable chi

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “supplementary or special plan provision” means any plan provision which— (A) provides supplementary benefits, not in excess of one-third of

  • the term “supplementary safety measure” refers to a safety system or procedure, provided by the appropriate traffic control authority or law enforcement authority responsible for s

  • The term “supplier” means any person engaged in the business of making a consumer product directly or indirectly available to consumers. / The term “supplier” means a firm that pro

  • The term “supplier-based intangible” means any value resulting from future acquisitions of goods or services pursuant to relationships (contractual or otherwise) in the ordinary co

  • The term “supplier of water” means any person who owns or operates a public water system.

  • The term “supplies” includes material, equipment, and stores of all kinds. / The term “supplies” means any tangible property other than— (i) land or improvements to land, and (ii)

  • The term “supplies for vessels or aircraft” means fuel supplies, ships’ stores, sea stores, or legitimate equipment on vessels of war of the United States or of any foreign nation,

  • The term “supply” means, using the latest official data of the Bureau of the Census, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of the Treasury— (I) the carry-over of upland

  • the term “supply chain” includes manufacturer, wholesaler, repacker, own-labeled distributor, private-label distributor, jobber, broker, drug trader, transportation company, hospit

  • The term "supply chain compromise" means an incident within the supply chain of an information system that an adversary can leverage, or does leverage, to jeopardize the

  • The term “supply chain disruption” means a shortage of supplemental foods that impedes the redemption of food instruments, as determined by the Secretary.

  • Supply chain risk.—The term "supply chain risk" means the risk that an adversary may sabotage, maliciously introduce unwanted function, or otherwise subvert the design, i

  • The term "supply chain security risk" includes specific risk and vulnerability information related to equipment and software.

  • The term "supply reduction" means any activity or program conducted by a National Drug Control Program agency that is intended to reduce the availability or use of illega

  • The term “support” includes fuel, fire rescue, use of facilities, improvements necessary to accommodate use by civil air carriers, police, safety, housing, food, air traffic contro

  • The term "supported employment" means competitive integrated employment, including customized employment, or employment in an integrated work setting in which individuals

  • The term "supported employment services" means ongoing support services, including customized employment, needed to support and maintain an individual with a most signifi

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “supported organization” means, with respect to an organization described in subsection (a)(3), an organization described in paragraph (1)

  • “Supporting agency” means either the Department of Commerce or the National Science Foundation, as appropriate.

  • For purposes of this section, the term “supportive equipment” includes blood pumps, heparin pumps, bubble detectors, other alarm systems, and such other items as the Secretary may

  • The term “supportive housing” means housing that engages tenants in on-site and community-based support services for veterans or their families that are at risk of homelessness or

  • The term “supportive housing for persons with disabilities” means dwelling units that— (A) are designed to meet the permanent housing needs of very low-income persons with disabili

  • The term “supportive housing for the elderly” means housing that is designed (A) to meet the special physical needs of elderly persons and (B) to accommodate the provision of suppo

  • The term "supportive service" means a service described in section 3030d(a) of this title. / The term “supportive service” means service that will enhance the physical, s

  • The term “supportive services” means services such as transportation, child care, dependent care, housing, and needs-related payments, that are necessary to enable an individual to

  • The term “supportive social services” means transitional and permanent housing, vocational counseling, and individual and group counseling aimed at preventing domestic violence, se

  • the term “support obligation” means any amount determined under a court order or an order of an administrative process pursuant to the law of a State or of an Indian tribe to be du

  • As used in this part, the term “support order” means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agen

  • the term "support or procurement partnership agreement" means an agreement between two or more member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support a

  • the term “support personnel” means, with respect to the House of Representatives, any employee of a credit union or of the Architect of the Capitol, whose principal duties are to s

  • The term "Support Plan" means the Technical Cybersecurity Support Plan developed by the Administrator under subsection (b)(2)(A).

  • In this subsection, the term “support services” includes utilities, office furnishings and equipment, communications services, records staging and archiving, audio and video suppor

  • “Supreme Court” means the highest appellate court within a State unless, for the purposes of this chapter, a constitutionally or legislatively established judicial council acts in

  • The term “surety” means the person who (A) under the terms of a bid bond, undertakes to pay a sum of money to the obligee in the event the principal breaches the conditions of the

  • “Surety Bond” means a bid bond, payment bond, or performance bond as those terms are defined in section 694a of title 15.

  • “surface coal mining and reclamation operations” means surface mining operations and all activities necessary and incident to the reclamation of such operations after August 3, 197

  • "surface coal mining operations" means— (A) activities conducted on the surface of lands in connection with a surface coal mine or subject to the requirements of section

  • The term "surface combatant vessel" means any littoral combat ship (including the LCS–1 and LCS–2 classes), frigate (including the FFG–62 class), destroyer (excluding the

  • The term “surface leasing transaction” means a residential, business, agricultural, or wind or solar resource lease of land the title to which is held— (A) in trust by the United S

  • For the purpose of this section the term "surface owner" means the natural person or persons (or corporation, the majority stock of which is held by a person or persons w

  • The term “surface transportation asset” includes facilities, equipment, or systems used to provide transportation services by— (A) a public transportation agency (as such term is d

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    For purposes of this subsection, the term “surge” means a significant increase in imports over the trend for a recent representative base period. / For purposes of this subsection,

  • the term “surge capacity” means the ability to rapidly and substantially increase the provision of search and rescue capabilities, food, water, medicine, shelter and housing, medic

  • the term “Surge Capacity Force” refers to the Surge Capacity Force, described under section 624 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.

  • “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. / The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;

  • The term “surplus” means, with respect to a fiscal year, the amount by which receipts exceeds 2 outlays during that year. / In paragraph (1), the term "surplus" means the

  • “Surplus agricultural commodity” means any agricultural commodity or product thereof, class, kind, type, or other specification thereof, produced in the United States, either publi

  • The term “surplus chimpanzees” has the meaning given that term in subsection (a) of this section. / The term "surplus chimpanzees" has the meaning given that term in subs

  • The term “surplus computer or technology equipment” means computer or technology equipment that is property described under section 549(b)(2).

  • “Surplus energy” means electric energy generated at Federal hydroelectric plants in the Pacific Northwest which would otherwise be wasted because of the lack of a market therefor i

  • The term “surplus lines broker” means an individual, firm, or corporation which is licensed in a State to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance on properties, risks, or exposures l

  • For purposes of this section, the term “surplus natural gas” means any natural gas which is determined, by the State agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the intrastate pipel

  • “Surplus peaking capacity” means electric peaking capacity at Federal hydroelectric plants in the Pacific Northwest for which there is no demand in the Pacific Northwest at any est

  • In this subsection, the terms “Federal agency” and “surplus property” have the meanings given such terms under section 102 of title 40 . / The term “surplus property” means excess

  • The term “surrogate endpoint” means a marker, such as a laboratory measurement, radiographic image, physical sign, or other measure, that is not itself a direct measurement of clin

  • The term "surrogate foreign corporation" has the meaning given such term by section 7874(a)(2)(B) but does not include a foreign corporation treated as a domestic corpora

  • The term “survey” means the collection of information by the Secretary pursuant to this section for the purpose of preparing the publication entitled “Quarterly Financial Report fo

  • The term "survival, evasion, resistance, and escape debriefing" means an interview conducted with a person described in section 1501(c) of this title who is returned to U

  • The term “surviving divorced father” means a man divorced from an individual who has died, but only if (A) he is the father of her son or daughter, (B) he legally adopted her son o

  • The term “surviving divorced husband” means a man divorced from an individual who has died, but only if he had been married to the individual for a period of 10 years immediately b

  • The term “surviving divorced mother” means a woman divorced from an individual who has died, but only if (A) she is the mother of his son or daughter, (B) she legally adopted his s

  • The term “surviving divorced parent” means a surviving divorced mother as defined in paragraph (3) of this subsection or a surviving divorced father as defined in paragraph (6).

  • The term “surviving divorced wife” means a woman divorced from an individual who has died, but only if she had been married to the individual for a period of 10 years immediately b

  • The term “surviving spouse” means a widow or widower. / The term “surviving spouse” means a widow or widower who is not remarried. / The term “surviving spouse” has the meaning giv

  • “survivor” means an individual entitled to annuity under this subchapter based on the service of a deceased employee, Member, or annuitant; / the term “survivor” means an individua

  • “survivor annuitant” means a survivor who files claim for annuity;

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “survivor annuity percentage” means the percentage which the survivor annuity under the plan's qualified joint and survivor annuity bears

  • The term “survivors annuity fund” means the Tax Court judges survivors annuity fund established by this section.

  • The term "susceptibility test interpretive criteria" means— (A) one or more specific numerical values which characterize the susceptibility of bacteria or other microorga

  • The term "suspect product" means a product for which there is reason to believe that such product— (A) is potentially counterfeit, diverted, or stolen; (B) is potentially