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  • The term “Scenic Recreation Area” means the Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area, comprising approximately 13,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Proposed Opal Creek

  • The term “Schedule 1 chemical agent” means any of the following, together or separately: (A) (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-phosphonofluoridates (B) (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-phosphoramidocya

  • The term “Schedule 2 chemical agent” means the following, together or separately: (A) phosphorothiolate and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts. (B) PFIB: 1,1,3,3,3-Pentafl

  • The term “Schedule 3 chemical agent” means any of the following, together or separately: (A) Phosgene: carbonyl dichloride. (B) Cyanogen chloride. (C) Hydrogen cyanide. (D) Chlorop

  • The term “Schedule A” means a form or information by a taxpayer to report itemized deductions.

  • The term “schedule and timetable of compliance” means a schedule of required measures including an enforceable sequence of actions or operations leading to compliance with an emiss

  • In this paragraph, the term “Schedule B” means the Department of Commerce Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States

  • The term “Schedule C” means a form or information filed by a taxpayer to report income or loss from a business operated or a profession practiced as a sole proprietor.

  • The term “Schedule D” means a form or information filed by a taxpayer to report sales, exchanges or some involuntary conversions of capital assets, certain capital gain distributio

  • (A) The term "scheduled listed chemical product" means, subject to subparagraph (B), a product that— (i) contains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine; and

  • the term “rates of pay under the General Schedule”, “rates of pay for the General Schedule”, or “scheduled rates of basic pay” means the rates of basic pay under the General Schedu

  • the term “scheduled service” means— (A) flights are operated in common carriage available to the general public under a published schedule; (B) flight schedules are announced in ad

  • The term “Schedule E” means a form or information filed by a taxpayer to report income from rental properties, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, estates, trusts, and residua

  • The term “Schedule F” means a form or information filed by a taxpayer to report farm income and expenses.

  • The term “Schedule H” means a form or information filed by a taxpayer to report household employment taxes.

  • The term “schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance” means a controlled substance that is listed on schedule II, schedule III, or schedule IV of section 812(c) of title 21 . / T

  • The term “schedule of compliance” means a schedule of remedial measures including an enforceable sequence of actions or operations leading to compliance with an effluent limitation

  • For purposes of subsection (b), the term “schedule rate of duty” means, with respect to a safeguard good, the rate of duty for that good that is set out in the Schedule of the Unit

  • The term “Schedule XX” means Schedule XX—United States of America annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994.

  • The term “scheme in commerce” means any scheme effectuated in whole or in part through the use in interstate or foreign commerce of any facility for transportation or communication

  • For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.

  • the term “scholarship” means an award under subsection (c);

  • The term “scholarship granting organization” means any organization— (A) which— (i) is described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax under section 501(a), and (ii) is not a pr

  • The term "Scholarship Program" means the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program established under section 254l of this title.

  • The term “school” means— (A) a Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary or secondary school, as described in section 2164 of this title ; or (B) any elementary or second

  • The term "school administrator" means a principal, director, manager, or other supervisor or leader within an elementary school, secondary school, State-based early child

  • the term “school-age children” means children aged five through thirteen, except that in any State in which by State law children at an earlier age are provided free public educati

  • The term “school-aged population” means the population aged five through 17, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available from the Dep

  • The term “school-age population” means the population aged 5 through 17.

  • The term “school-age youth” means— (A) individuals between the ages of 5 and 17, inclusive; and (B) children with disabilities, as defined in section 602(3) of the Individuals with

  • The terms “eligible school attendance area” and “school attendance area” have the meanings given the terms in section 6313(a)(2) of this title .

  • The term “school-based” means based in an elementary school or a secondary school.

  • The term “school-based health center” means a health clinic that— (i) is located in or near a school facility of a school district or board or of an Indian tribe or tribal organiza

  • The term “school based mental health services provider” includes a State licensed or State certified school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, or other State lic

  • The term “school-based prevention” means programs, which are institutionalized, and run by staff members or school-designated persons or organizations in any grade of school, kinde

  • “School board” means any agency or agencies which administer a system of one or more public schools and any other agency which is responsible for the assignment of students to or w

  • The term “school building” means— (A) any structure suitable for use as a classroom, including a school facility such as a laboratory, library, school eating facility, or facility

  • the term “school buildings” means— (A) structures suitable for use as classrooms, laboratories, libraries, school eating facilities, or facilities used for the preparation of food;

  • “schoolbus” means a passenger motor vehicle designed to carry a driver and more than 10 passengers, that the Secretary of Transportation decides is likely to be used significantly

  • The term “school bus” means any automobile bus substantially all the use of which is in transporting students and employees of schools. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the

  • “schoolbus equipment” means equipment designed primarily for a schoolbus or manufactured or sold to replace or improve a system, part, or component of a schoolbus or as an accessor

  • The term “school dropout” means an individual who is no longer attending any school and who has not received a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent. / The term &qu

  • The term “school facilities” includes— (A) classrooms and related facilities; and (B) equipment, machinery, and utilities necessary or appropriate for school purposes. / The term “

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “school facility” means— (A) any school building, (B) any functionally related and subordinate facility and land with respect to such buil

  • The term "school health professional" means a health professional serving at an elementary school, secondary school, State-based early childhood education program, or chi

  • The term “school leader” means a principal, assistant principal, or other individual who is— (A) an employee or officer of an elementary school or secondary school, local education

  • The term "school leader residency program" means a school-based principal or other school leader preparation program in which a prospective principal or other school lead

  • In this subsection, the term “school lunch factor” means the ratio of the number of children who are receiving free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program establis

  • The term “school of allied health” means a program in a school of allied health (as defined in section 295p of this title ) which leads to a masters’ degree or a doctoral degree. /

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The terms “accredited” and “school of nursing” have the meanings given those terms in section 801 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 296 ). / The term "school of nur

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The term “school of origin” means the school that a child or youth attended when permanently housed or the school in which the child or youth was last enrolled, including a prescho

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The terms “school of medicine”, “school of dentistry”, “school of osteopathic medicine”, “school of pharmacy”, “school of optometry”, “school of podiatric medicine”, “school of vet

  • The term “school or department of divinity” means an institution, or a department or a branch of an institution, the program of instruction of which is designed for the education o

  • The term “school personnel” includes teachers, principals, administrators, counselors, social workers, psychologists, nurses, librarians, and other support staff who are employed b

  • The term “school resource officer” means a career law enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community oriented policing, and assigned by the employing police depar

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “school site” means the physical location and the facilities of an elementary or secondary educational or residential program operated by,

  • The term “school year” means the period of 12 months beginning July 1 of any calendar year and ending June 30 of the following calendar year. / “School year” means the annual perio

  • The term “school zone” means— (A) in, or on the grounds of, a public, parochial or private school; or (B) within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of a public, parochial or

  • The term “science” means, for the purpose of this program, the biological, engineering, mathematical, physical, behavioral, and social sciences, and history and philosophy of scien

  • In this section, the term “science and technology reinvention laboratories of the Department of Defense” means the laboratories designated as science and technology reinvention lab

  • The term "science and technology reinvention laboratory" means a science and technology reinvention laboratory designated under section 1105 of the National Defense Autho

  • The term “science committee” means the committee of independent scientists appointed under section 460nnn–53 of this title .

  • The term “science facility” has the meaning given the term “single-purpose research facility” in section 16182 of this title .

  • the term “sciences related to health” includes medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, and public health, and fundamental and applied sciences when related thereto.

  • the terms “science, technology, engineering, or mathematics” or “STEM” mean science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science and cybersecurity; and

  • the term "science, technology, engineering, or mathematics professional" means an individual who holds a baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree in science, technolog

  • The term “scientifically based reading research” means research that— (A) applies rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to obtain valid knowledge relevant to reading devel

  • The term “scientifically based research standards” means research standards that— (i) apply rigorous, systematic, and objective methodology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge r

  • The term “scientifically valid education evaluation” means an evaluation that— (A) adheres to the highest possible standards of quality with respect to research design and statisti

  • The term “scientifically valid research” includes applied research, basic research, and field-initiated research in which the rationale, design, and interpretation are soundly deve

  • In this section, the term “scientific collection” means a set of physical specimens, living or inanimate, created for the purpose of supporting science and serving as a long-term r

  • The term “Scientific Committee” means the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources established pursuant to article XIV of the Convention.

  • The term “Scientific Council” means the Scientific Council provided for by Articles V, VI, and VII of the Convention.

  • The term “scientific review group” means the scientific review group established by the Agreement.

  • The term “scientist” means an individual who has a degree from an institution of higher education in a science that has practical application in the nuclear nonproliferation scienc

  • The term "scope of practice" means the defined parameters of various duties or services that may be provided by an individual under a license.

  • In this subsection, the term "scorecard" means any summary using a rating system to evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet goals established under subsection (g

  • For purposes of this title, the term “S corporation” means, with respect to any taxable year, a small business corporation for which an election under section 1362(a) is in effect

  • As used in this section, the term “scramble” means to rearrange the content of the signal of the programming so that the programming cannot be viewed or heard in an understandable

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    The term “scrap” means personal property that has no value except for its basic material content. / The term "scrap" means personal property that has no value except for

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “scrap metal” means bits and pieces of metal parts (e.g., bars, turnings, rods, sheets, wire) or metal pieces that may be combined togethe

  • The term “screening” means a visual or automated review of information about goods, including manifest or entry documentation accompanying a shipment being imported into the United

  • The term “screening, diagnostic, and classroom-based instructional reading assessments” means— (i) screening reading assessments; (ii) diagnostic reading assessments; and (iii) cla

  • The term “screening-eligible WTC survivor” has the meaning given such term in section 300mm–31(a)(1) of this title . / In this subchapter, the term “screening-eligible WTC survivor

  • The term “screening for glaucoma” means a dilated eye examination with an intraocular pressure measurement, and a direct ophthalmoscopy or a slit-lamp biomicroscopic examination fo

  • The term “screening mammography” means a radiologic procedure provided to a woman for the purpose of early detection of breast cancer and includes a physician's interpretation of t

  • The term “screening pap smear” means a diagnostic laboratory test consisting of a routine exfoliative cytology test (Papanicolaou test) provided to a woman for the purpose of early

  • The term “screening pelvic exam” means a pelvic examination provided to a woman if the woman involved has not had such an examination during the preceding 2 years, or during the pr

  • The term “screening reading assessment” means an assessment that is— (i) valid, reliable, and based on scientifically based reading research; and (ii) a brief procedure designed as

  • The term “screenings” shall include chaff, sterile florets, immature seed, weed seed, inert matter, and any other materials removed in any way from any seeds in any kind of cleanin

  • The term “scrimshaw product” means any art form which involves the substantial etching or engraving of designs upon, or the substantial carving of figures, patterns, or designs fro

  • Definition of Sea Duty.—(1) In this section, the term “sea duty” means duty performed by a member— (A) while permanently or temporarily assigned to a ship and— (i) while serving on