United States Code

The term “suspend” means to issue a rule under section 553 of title 5 to temporarily prevent the operation of an order during a particular period of time specified in the rule. / T

In this section, the terms "agency", "criminal history record information", and "suspension" have the meanings given the terms in section 9201 of titl

The term "suspension agreement" means an agreement described in section 1671c(b), 1671c(c), 1673c(b), 1673c(c), or 1673c(l) of this title. / The term “Suspension Agreemen

For purposes of this subsection, the term “suspension of benefits” means the temporary or permanent reduction of any current or future payment obligation of the plan to any partici

For purposes of this subsection, the term “suspension period” means the period— (A) beginning on the day after the close of the 36-month period under paragraph (1); and (B) ending

The term "sustainability" means, with respect to any basic education program that receives funding pursuant to this section, the ability of a service delivery system, com

The term "sustainable" means the ability of a target country, community, implementing partner, or intended beneficiary to maintain, over time, the programs authorized and

The term “sustainable agriculture” means an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will, over the long-term— (A) satisfy

For purposes of this section, the term "sustainable aviation fuel" means liquid fuel, the portion of which is not kerosene, which— (A) meets the requirements of— (i) ASTM

The term “sustainable energy infrastructure” means— (A) facilities for production of energy from renewable energy sources, thermal energy sources, or highly efficient technologies,

The term “sustained duty” means full-time duty by a member of the Space Force ordered to such duty by an authority designated by the Secretary of the Air Force— (A) in the case of

“sustained yield” means the yield of forest products that a forest can produce continuously at a given intensity of management; and / The term “sustained yield” means the achieveme

“Sustained yield of the several products and services” means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewabl

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “swap” means any agreement, contract, or transaction— (i) that is a put, call, cap, floor, collar, or similar option of any kind th

The term “swap agreement”— (A) means— (i) any agreement, including the terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement, which is— (I) an interest rate swap, option

The term “swap data repository” means any person that collects and maintains information or records with respect to transactions or positions in, or the terms and conditions of, sw

The term “swap dealer” means any person who— (i) holds itself out as a dealer in swaps; (ii) makes a market in swaps; (iii) regularly enters into swaps with counterparties as an or

The term “swap execution facility” means a trading system or platform in which multiple participants have the ability to execute or trade swaps by accepting bids and offers made by

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

The term “swaps entity” means any swap dealer, security-based swap dealer, major swap participant, major security-based swap participant, that is registered under— (i) the Commodit

The term “swimming pool” or “spa” means any outdoor or indoor structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing, including in-ground and above-ground structures, and includes

The term “swine” means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter. / The term “swine” means a porcine animal raised to be a feeder pi

The term “swine contractor” means any person engaged in the business of obtaining swine under a swine production contract for the purpose of slaughtering the swine or selling the s

The term “swine or pork market formula purchase” means a purchase of swine by a packer in which the pricing mechanism is a formula price based on a market for swine, pork, or a por

The term “swine production contract” means any growout contract or other arrangement under which a swine production contract grower raises and cares for the swine in accordance wit

The term “swine production contract grower” means any person engaged in the business of raising and caring for swine in accordance with the instructions of another person.

The term “switchblade knife” means any knife having a blade which opens automatically— (1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or (2) b

The term "switching" means the routing of an intrastate or interstate transaction that consists of transmitting the details of a transaction electronically recorded throu

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “syndicate” means any partnership or other entity (other than a corporation which is not an S corporation) if more than 35 percent of the

The term “synthetic” means a substance that is formulated or manufactured by a chemical process or by a process that chemically changes a substance extracted from naturally occurri

The term “synthetic DNA or RNA” means any nucleic acid sequence that is produced de novo through chemical or enzymatic synthesis.

The term “synthetic equity” means any stock option, warrant, restricted stock, deferred issuance stock right, or similar interest or right that gives the holder the right to acquir

The term "Syria" has the meaning given such term in section 542.316 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).

the term “System” means the Federal Employees’ Retirement System described in section 8402(a); / System Defined.—In this section, the term "system"— (1) means— (A) the or

The term “system cost” means all direct and quantifiable net costs for an energy resource over its available life, including the cost of production, distribution, transportation, u

The terms “systemically important” and “systemic importance” mean a situation where the failure of or a disruption to the functioning of a financial market utility or the conduct o

The terms “systemically important” and “systemic importance” mean a situation where the failure of or a disruption to the functioning of a financial market utility or the conduct o

The term “systemic safety improvement” means an improvement that is widely implemented based on high-risk roadway features that are correlated with particular crash types, rather t

The term “system implementation plan” means the plan for a comprehensive mental health system for the District of Columbia to be developed pursuant to this subchapter.

the terms “institution in the System”, “System institution”, and “institution” mean all institutions enumerated in section 2002 of this title , any service organization chartered u

The term "System member" means an individual who is not a full-time employee of the Federal Government and who serves on a task force or on a System management or other t

The term “system of public telecommunications entities” means any combination of public telecommunications entities acting cooperatively to produce, acquire, or distribute programs

the term “system of records” means a group of any records under the control of any agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying n

The term “System Plan” means the plan contained in the document entitled “Ocean. US Publication No. 9, The First Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Development Plan”, as upda

For the purposes of section 7712(e) of this title, the term “systems approach” means a defined set of phytosanitary procedures, at least two of which have an independent effect in

The term “systems change activities” means efforts that result in laws, regulations, policies, practices, or organizational structures— (A) that are family-centered and family-dire

Subordinate plan.—The term “subordinate plan”, also referred to as a “system security plan”, means a plan that defines the security controls that are either planned or implemented

The term “systems research” means an integrated, coordinated, and iterative investigative process that involves— (A) the multiple interacting components and aspects of precision ag

The term "System unit" means any undeveloped coastal barrier, or combination of closely-related undeveloped coastal barriers, included within the John H. Chafee Coastal B

The term “System unit resource” means any living or non-living resource that is located within the boundaries of a System unit.