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  • The term “Y2K action”— (A) means a civil action commenced in any Federal or State court, or an agency board of contract appeal proceeding, in which the plaintiff's alleged harm or

  • The term “Y2K failure” means failure by any device or system (including any computer system and any microchip or integrated circuit embedded in another device or product), or any s

  • The term “Y2K upset”— (i) means an exceptional temporary noncompliance with applicable federally enforceable measurement, monitoring, or reporting requirements directly related to

  • Yacht.—The term “yacht” means a recreational vessel even if not documented.

  • yarndefined inU.S. Code

    The term “yarn” means a strand of textile fiber in a form suitable for weaving, knitting, braiding, felting, webbing, or otherwise fabricating into a fabric.

  • the term “year” refers to the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter, and each succeeding 12-month period in which any assignments under this chapte

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “year of change” means the taxable year in which the change in business practices which results in the accelerated policyholder dividends

  • “Year of operation” shall mean the period from and including June 1 of any calendar year to and including May 31 of the following calendar year.

  • For purposes of determining an employee's accrued benefit, the term “year of participation” means a period of service (beginning at the earliest date on which the employee is a par

  • The term “year of service” has the meaning given such term by section 411(a)(5). / For purposes of this subsection, the term “year of service” means a 12-month period during which

  • yearsdefined inU.S. Code

    For the purposes of this subsection the term “years” shall mean full years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate any fractional part of a month which numbers less

  • In this section, the term “years of creditable service” means the number of years of service creditable to a member in computing the member’s retired or retainer pay (including 1 ⁄

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “years of service” has the meaning given such term by section 403(b). / Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph,

  • The term “young adult” means an individual who is age 21 or younger but not a juvenile.

  • The term “young child” means any child from birth to the age of mandatory school attendance in the State where the child resides.

  • In this subsection, the term “young child factor” means the ratio of the number of children under 5 years of age in a State to the number of such children in all States, as provide

  • The term “young individual” means any child or youth from birth to 21 years of age. / the terms “child”, “youth”, and “young individual” means 1 an individual who is less than 21 y

  • the term “young offender” means a non-violent first-time offender or a non-violent offender with a minor criminal record who is 22 years of age or younger (including juveniles);

  • “young violent offenders” means individuals, ages 7 through 22, who have committed crimes of violence, weapons offenses, drug distribution, hate crimes and civil rights violations,

  • The term “youth” shall have the meaning provided that term by the Administrator, in consultation with the Advisory Commission. / The term "youth" shall have the meaning g

  • The term "youth activity" means an activity described in section 2854 of this title that is carried out for eligible youth (or as described in section 2854(c)(5) of this

  • The term “youth at risk of separation from the family” means an individual— (A) who is less than 18 years of age; and (B) (i) who has a history of running away from the family of s

  • The term “YouthBuild program” means any program that receives assistance under this section and provides disadvantaged youth with opportunities for employment, education, leadershi

  • The term "youth council" means a council established under section 2832(h) of this title.

  • In this section, the term “youth group” means any group or organization intended to serve young people under the age of 21.

  • The term “youth offender” means an individual who is 21 years of age or younger who has been discharged from a State or local juvenile or criminal justice system, except that if th

  • The term "youth with a disability" means an individual with a disability who— (i) is not younger than 14 years of age; and (ii) is not older than 24 years of age.

  • The term "youth with disabilities" means more than 1 youth with a disability.

  • The term “youth with HIV” means individuals who are 13 through 24 years old and who have HIV/AIDS.

  • The term “Yucca Mountain site” means the candidate site in the State of Nevada recommended by the Secretary to the President under section 10132(b)(1)(B) of this title on May 27, 1

  • The term “Yugoslav Claims Agreement of 1948” means the agreement between the Governments of the United States of America and of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia regardin

  • The term “Yukon River Joint Technical Committee” means the technical committee established by paragraph C.2 of the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Pacific Salmon Treaty

  • "Yurok Reservation" means the reservation described in section 1300i–1(c) of this title; and

  • "Yurok Tribe" means the Indian tribe which is recognized and authorized to be organized pursuant to section 1300i–8 of this title.