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  • The term “secure gun storage or safety device” means— (A) a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated without first deactivat

  • Definition.—In this section, the term “secure or restricted area” means an area of a vessel or facility designated as secure in an approved security plan, as required under section

  • the term “secure telephones” means telephones that are approved by the United States Government for the transmission of classified or sensitive voice communications.

  • the term “securities” means stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar obligations; and / the terms “security” and “securities” shall include only such securities as are ge

  • For purposes of this section, the term “securities acquisition loan” means— (A) any loan to a corporation or to an employee stock ownership plan to the extent that the proceeds are

  • the term “securities analyst” means any associated person of a registered broker or dealer that is principally responsible for, and any associated person who reports directly or in

  • The term “securities clearing agency” means person that is registered as a clearing agency under section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registratio

  • “securities contract”— (A) means— (i) a contract for the purchase, sale, or loan of a security, a certificate of deposit, a mortgage loan, any interest in a mortgage loan, a group

  • In this section, the term “securities fraud offense” means a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate— (1) section 1348; (2) section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “securities futures contract” has the meaning provided by section 1234B(c). / For purposes of this section, the term “securities futures c

  • the term “securities holding company”— (A) means— (i) a person (other than a natural person) that owns or controls 1 or more brokers or dealers registered with the Commission; and

  • The term “securities information processor” means any person engaged in the business of (i) collecting, processing, or preparing for distribution or publication, or assisting, part

  • The terms “financial asset” and “securities intermediary” have the meanings given those terms in the Uniform Commercial Code, but the former includes cash.

  • The term “securities laws” means the provisions of law referred to in section 78c(a)(47) of this title and includes the rules, regulations, and orders issued by the Commission ther

  • The maximum amount to be withheld under this section on any designated distribution shall not exceed the sum of the amount of money and the fair market value of other property (oth

  • The term "securities self regulatory organization" means either a securities association registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under section 15A of the S

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “securitization partnership” means any partnership the sole business activity of which is to issue securities which provide for a fixed prin

  • the term “securitization vehicle” means a trust, special purpose entity, or other legal structure that is used to facilitate the issuing of securities, participation certificates,

  • the term “securitizer” means— (A) an issuer of an asset-backed security; or (B) a person who organizes and initiates an asset-backed securities transaction by selling or transferri

  • The term “security” means a security as defined in section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77b(a)(1) ) or section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

  • The term “security agreement” means agreement that creates or provides for a security interest. / “Security agreement” means an agreement that creates or provides for a lien.

  • the term "security assistance" means— (A) assistance under part II (military assistance) or part IV (economic support fund) or part V (military education and training) or

  • The term “security assistance activity” means— (A) humanitarian and civic assistance authorized by sections 401 and 2561 of this title; (B) foreign disaster assistance authorized b

  • As used in this section, the term “security assistance surveys” means any survey or study conducted in a foreign country by United States Government personnel for the purpose of as

  • The term “security background check” means reviewing the following for the purpose of identifying individuals who may pose a threat to transportation security, national security, o

  • The term “security-based swap” has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78c(a) ). / The term “security-based swap” includes

  • For purposes of sections 78i, 78j, 78p, 78t, and 78u–1 of this title, and section 17 of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77q ), the term “security-based swap agreement” means

  • The term “security-based swap data repository” means any person that collects and maintains information or records with respect to transactions or positions in, or the terms and co

  • The term “security-based swap dealer” has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78c(a) ). / The term “security-based swap de

  • The term “security-based swap execution facility” means a trading system or platform in which multiple participants have the ability to execute or trade security-based swaps by acc

  • The term “security category” includes discretionary appropriations associated with agency budgets for the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department

  • The term "security control" means the management, operational, and technical controls used to protect against an unauthorized effort to adversely affect the confidentiali

  • The term "security cooperation programs and activities of the Department of Defense" means any program, activity (including an exercise), or interaction of the Department

  • In this section, the term “security cooperation workforce” means the following: (1) Members of the armed forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense working in the s

  • the term “security countermeasure” has the meaning given such term in section 247d–6b of title 42 ; and / The terms “qualified countermeasure”, “security countermeasure”, and “qual

  • The terms "Security Executive Agent" and "Suitability Executive Agent" mean the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability Executive Agent, respectively, esta

  • the term “Security Exemplar” means an object, to be fabricated at the direction of the Attorney General, that is— (i) constructed of, during the 12-month period beginning on the da

  • The term "security force" means a military, law enforcement, gendarmerie, park ranger, or any other security force with a responsibility for protecting wildlife and natur

  • As used in this section, the term “security forces” means any military or paramilitary forces, any police or other law enforcement agency (including any police or other law enforce

  • The term “security forces of Pakistan” means the military and intelligence services of the Government of Pakistan, including the Armed Forces, Inter-Services Intelligence Directora

  • The term "security forces of Venezuela" includes— (A) the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, including the Bolivarian National Guard; (B) the Bolivarian National Intellige

  • The term “security freeze” means a restriction that prohibits a consumer reporting agency from disclosing the contents of a consumer report that is subject to such security freeze

  • The term “security future” means a contract of sale for future delivery of a single security or of a narrow-based security index, including any interest therein or based on the val

  • The term “security futures product” means a security future or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security future. / The term “security futures product” means a s

  • Security incident.—The term “security incident” means an event that has, or could have, resulted in loss or damage to Department assets, or sensitive information, or an action that

  • In this section, the term “security information” means information that— (1) is sensitive with respect to the policing, protection, physical security, intelligence, counterterroris

  • The term “security interest” means an interest in farm products that secures payment or performance of an obligation. / The term "security interest" means lien created by

  • In general.—The term "security or life safety alarm or surveillance system" means equipment designed and marketed to perform any of the following functions (on a continuo

  • “security property” means the property, real, personal or mixed, or an interest in property, including leaseholds, life estates, reversionary interests, and any other estates under

  • The term “security-related assistance”— (A) means— (i) grant assistance to carry out section 2763 of this title ; and (ii) assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assi

  • The term "security-related technology" means any technology that assists the Administration in the prevention of, or defense against, threats to United States transportat

  • The term “security-sensitive material” means a material, or a group or class of material, in a particular amount and form that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of

  • The term "security services" means acts to protect people or property as defined by regulations promulgated by the Attorney General.

  • Definition.—For purposes of this subsection, the term “security testing” means accessing a computer, computer system, or computer network, solely for the purpose of good faith test

  • the terms "cybersecurity threat" and "security vulnerability" have the meanings given those terms in section 650 of title 6, as added by section 5171 1 of this

  • The term “security zone” means a security zone, established by the Commandant of the Coast Guard or the Commandant’s designee pursuant to section 70051 or section 70116(b), for a v

  • "sedentary work" means work that— (A) involves lifting articles weighing no more than 10 pounds at a time or occasionally lifting or carrying articles such as docket file

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    In this subsection, the term “seed” means only those varieties of seed that are dedicated to the production of sugarcane from which is produced sugar for human consumption.

  • The term “seed certifying agency” means (A) an agency authorized under the laws of a State, Territory, or possession, to officially certify seed and which has standards and procedu

  • The term "seed cotton" means unginned upland cotton that includes both lint and seed.

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “segregated asset” means any asset held as part of a segregated account referred to in subsection (d)(1) under a modified guaranteed contrac

  • the term “segregated fixed guideway facility” means a fixed guideway facility constructed within the railroad right-of-way of a rail carrier but physically separate from trackage,

  • The term “segregation” means the operation of a school system in which students are wholly or substantially separated among the schools of an educational agency on the basis of rac

  • The term “select agent” means a biological agent or toxin to which subsection (a) applies. Such term (including for purposes of subsection (a)) does not include any such biological

  • The term "selected drug" means a covered drug for which the Secretary has determined through the process under subsection (c) that the labeling should be changed.

  • The term "selected drug publication date" means, with respect to each initial price applicability year, February 1 of the year that begins 2 years prior to such year.

  • The term “selected establishment” means an eligible establishment that is selected by the Secretary, in coordination with the appropriate State agency of the State in which the eli

  • The term “selected insulin products” means any dosage form (such as vial, pump, or inhaler dosage forms) of any different type (such as rapid-acting, short-acting, intermediate-act

  • The term “Selected Reserve” means the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of any of the reserve components (including the Army National Guard of the United States and the Air Nat

  • For purposes of this section, the term “selecting physician” means, with respect to a contractor and category and competitive acquisition area, a physician who has elected this sec

  • The term “selection” means the determination of which applicants for assistance are to receive assistance under the program.

  • The term “selection board” means a selection board convened under section 573(c), 580, 580a, 581, 611(b), 637, 638, 638a, 14101(b), 14701, 14701a, 14704, 14705, or 20403 of this ti

  • The term “selection process” means the period with respect to a selection for assistance that begins with the development, preparation, and issuance of a solicitation or request fo

  • The term “self-administration” means a student's discretionary use of his or her prescribed asthma or anaphylaxis medication, pursuant to a prescription or written direction from a

  • The term “self-assessment” means a form that— (i) includes questions regarding— (I) behavioral risk factors; (II) needed preventive and screening services; and (III) target individ

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the term “self-care dialysis unit” means a renal dialysis facility or a distinct part of such facility or of a provider of services, which has been

  • The term “self-contained condensing unit” means a factory-made assembly of refrigerating components designed to compress and liquefy a specific refrigerant that is an integral part

  • For purposes of this section, the term “self-dealing” means any direct or indirect— (A) sale or exchange, or leasing, of property between a private foundation and a disqualified pe

  • The term “self-determination activities” means activities that result in individuals with developmental disabilities, with appropriate assistance, having— (A) the ability and oppor

  • "self-determination contract" means a contract (or grant or cooperative agreement utilized under section 450e–1 of this title) entered into under part A of this subchapte

  • The term “self-directed” means, with respect to the home and community-based services offered under the State plan amendment, such services for the individual which are planned and

  • The term “self-directed care” means an approach to providing services (including programs, benefits, supports, and technology) under this chapter intended to assist an individual w

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “self-directed personal assistance services” means personal care and related services, or home and community-based services otherwise avai

  • For purposes of this section, the term “self-employed individual” means an individual who performs personal services— (1) as the owner of the entire interest in an unincorporated t

  • For the purposes of this chapter, the term “self-employment assistance program” means a program under which— (1) individuals who meet the requirements described in paragraph (3) ar

  • The term “self-employment income” means the net earnings from self-employment derived by an individual (other than a nonresident alien individual, except as provided by an agreemen

  • The term "self-governance" means the program of self-governance established under section 458aaa–1 of this title. / The term “self-governance” means the Tribal Self-Gover

  • The term “self-healing grid” means a grid that is capable of automatically anticipating and responding to power system disturbances (including the isolation of failed sections and

  • The term “self-insured medical reimbursement plan” means a plan of an employer to reimburse employees for expenses referred to in subsection (b) for which reimbursement is not prov

  • The term “self-neglect” means an adult’s inability, due to physical or mental impairment or diminished capacity, to perform essential self-care tasks including— (A) obtaining essen

  • The term “self-produced material” means a material that is produced by the producer of a good and used in the production of that good. / The term "self-produced material"

  • the term “self-propelled vehicle” includes any automobile, truck, tractor, bus, motorcycle, motor home, self-propelled agricultural machinery, self-propelled construction equipment

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “self-regulatory organization” includes any self-regulatory organization (as defined in section 78c(a)(26) of this title ), any entity est

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “self-rehabilitated building” means any building if it is reasonable to believe that more than half of the qualified rehabilitation expend

  • The term “sale” or “sell” shall include every contract of sale or disposition of a security or interest in a security, for value. The term “offer to sell”, “offer for sale”, or “of

  • The term “sell a real property asset” means to convey all title and interest in a piece of tangible real property in which the Corporation has a fee simple or equivalent interest.

  • The term “seller” means, with respect to a qualified product— (A) an importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of title 18 ) who is engaged in the business as such an importer in i

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “seller-provided financing” means any indebtedness incurred in acquiring any residence if the person to whom such indebtedness is owed is

  • The term “selling agent” means any person, other than a commission merchant, who is engaged in the business of negotiating the sale and purchase of any farm product on behalf of a

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "selling consolidated group" means any group of corporations which (for the taxable period which includes the transaction)— (i)