United States Code

The term “personnel security investigation” means any investigation required for the purpose of determining the eligibility of any military, civilian, or government contractor pers

The term “personnel tempo” means the amount of time members of the armed forces are engaged in their official duties at a location or under circumstances that make it infeasible fo

The term “person of a foreign country” has the meaning given such term in section 3502(d) of the Primary Dealers Act of 1988 ( 22 U.S.C. 5342(d) ). / The term “person of a foreign

For purposes of this part, the terms “low-income person” and “person of low income” mean— (1) any person whose income is not more than 200 percent of the poverty line defined in se

In this paragraph, the term “person of the People’s Republic of China” means— (i) an individual who is a citizen or national of the People’s Republic of China; or (ii) an entity or

The term “person or entity” means any individual, corporation, company, foundation, association, labor organization, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, group of organ

For purposes of this subsection, the term “person participating in an offering of penny stock” includes any person engaging in activities with a broker, dealer, or issuer for purpo

The term “person regulated by a State insurance regulator” means any person that is engaged in the business of insurance and subject to regulation by any State insurance regulator,

The term “person regulated by the Commission” means a person who is— (A) a broker or dealer that is required to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [ 15 U.S.C.

The term “person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission” means any person that is registered, or required by statute or regulation to be registered, with the Commodi

For purposes of this subsection, the term “person regulated by the Farm Credit Administration” means any Farm Credit System institution that is chartered and subject to the provisi

As used in this chapter, “persons” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association or any combination or association thereof.

As used in subchapters II to VII of this chapter, (a) the term “persons engaged in national-defense activities” shall include (1) enlisted men in the naval or military services of

The terms “persons of low and moderate income” and “low- and moderate-income persons” mean families and individuals whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the median income of t

The term "persons of Mexico" includes— (A) entities domiciled in Mexico organized, or otherwise constituted under Mexican law, including subsidiaries of United States com

The term "persons of the United States" includes entities domiciled in the United States, organized or otherwise constituted under United States law, and not owned or con

The term “persons registered as brokers or dealers” includes any person who is a member of a national securities exchange other than a government securities broker or government se

“persons responsible for a child's welfare” means any person who has legal or other recognized duty for the care and safety of a child, including— (A) any employee or volunteer of

The term “persons that rely upon intellectual property protection” means persons involved in— (A) the creation, production or licensing of works of authorship (within the meaning o

“persons who administer radiologic procedures” means any person, other than a practitioner, who intentionally administers radiation to other persons for medical purposes, and inclu

The term “person that administers the plan benefits” shall include the plan sponsor if the plan sponsor administers benefits under the plan.

The term “person that performs income tax preparation activities for consumers” means— (A) any tax return preparer (as defined in section 7701(a)(36) of title 26 ), regardless of w

the term “person who has been selected to be a public official” means any person who has been nominated or appointed to be a public official, or has been officially informed that s

the term “person with an ownership or control interest” means, with respect to a provider— (A) a person described in section 1320a–3(a)(3) of this title , or (B) a person who has o

The term “person with disabilities” means a person who— (A) has a disability as defined in section 423 of title 42 ; (B) is determined, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secret

The term “per unit distribution costs” means (in kilowatt hours) the quotient obtained by dividing— (i) the depreciated book-value distribution system costs of a utility; by (ii) t

The term “per unit distribution margin” means— (i) in the case of a State-regulated electric utility, a per-unit gross pretax profit equal to the product obtained by multiplying— (

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “per-unit retain allocation” means any allocation, by an organization to which part I of this subchapter applies, to a patron with respect

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “per-unit retain certificate” means any written notice which discloses to the recipient the stated dollar amount of a per-unit retain allo

The term “per unit transmission costs” means the total cost of those transmission services purchased or provided by a utility on a per-kilowatt-hour basis as included in the retail

The term “pest” means (1) any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or (2) any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacteria, or other micro-organi

The term “pesticide” means (1) any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, (2) any substance or mixture of substa

Except as provided in clause (B), the term “pesticide chemical” means any substance that is a pesticide within the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Ac

The term “pesticide chemical residue” means a residue in or on raw agricultural commodity or processed food of— (A) a pesticide chemical; or (B) any other added substance that is p

The term “pet” means a domesticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent, fish, turtle, or other animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes. / The ter

The term "petition" means petition filed under section 301, 302, 303 and 3 1504 of this title, as the case may be, commencing a case under this title. / For purposes of t

The term "petitioner" means a member or former member of the armed forces (or if the member or former member is dead, the surviving spouse, next of kin, or legal represen

The term “petitioning spouse” means the spouse of a qualifying marriage, other than the alien.

As used in this section, the term “petrochemical” includes organic chemicals, cyclic intermediates, plastics and resins, synthetic fibers, elastomers, organic dyes, organic pigment

Petroleum Defined.—In this section, the term “petroleum” means natural or synthetic crude, blends of natural or synthetic crude, and products refined or derived from natural or syn

For purposes of this chapter, the term “petroleum product” means crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product (as defined in section 752(5) 1 of this title). / Th

“petroleum product information” means information relating to petroleum products transported by vessel which is received by the Secretary (A) under section 555 of this title , or (

The term “products” or “petroleum products” includes any article produced or derived in whole or in part from petroleum or any product thereof by refining, processing, manufacturin

The term "petroleum residue" means the carbonized product of high-boiling hydrocarbon fractions obtained in petroleum processing. / The term “petroleum residue” means the

As used in this title, the term “petty offense” means a Class B misdemeanor, a Class C misdemeanor, or an infraction, for which the maximum fine is no greater than the amount set f

The term “PF–4” means the Plutonium Facility at Technical Area 55 located at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.

The term "PFAS" means— (A) man-made chemicals of which all of the carbon atoms are fully fluorinated carbon atoms; and (B) man-made chemicals containing a mix of fully fl

The term "PFAS research and development" includes any research or project that has the goal of accomplishing the following: (A) The removal of PFAS from the environment.

The term “pharmaceutical agent” means drugs, biological products, and medical devices under the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration.

The term “pharmacist” means a person licensed by a State to practice pharmacy, including the dispensing and selling of prescription drugs. / The term "pharmacist" has the

For purposes of this section, the term “pharmacotherapeutics” means medications used to treat the symptoms and disease of drug abuse, including medications to— (1) block the effect

The term “pharmacy benefit manager” means any person or entity that, either directly or through an intermediary, acts as a price negotiator or group purchaser on behalf of a PDP sp

the term "phase 1 trial" means a phase 1 clinical investigation of a drug as described in section 312.21 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regula

In this section, the term "phase 6.2 activities" means, with respect to a life extension program, the phase 6.2 feasibility study and option down-select.

the term “phased employment” means the less-than-full-time employment of a phased retiree; / the term “phased employment” means the less-than-full-time employment of a phased retir

the term “phased retiree” means a retirement-eligible employee who— (A) makes an election under subsection (b); and (B) has not entered full retirement status; / the term “phased r

the term “phased retirement annuity” means the annuity payable under this section before full retirement; / the term “phased retirement annuity” means the annuity payable under thi

the term “phased retirement percentage” means the percentage which, when added to the working percentage for a phased retiree, produces a sum of 100 percent; / the term “phased ret

the term “phased retirement period” means the period beginning on the date on which an individual becomes entitled to receive a phased retirement annuity and ending on the date on

the term “phased retirement status” means that a phased retiree is concurrently employed in phased employment and eligible to receive a phased retirement annuity; / the term “phase

the term “Phase I” means— (A) with respect to the SBIR program, the first phase described in paragraph (4)(A); and (B) with respect to the STTR program, the first phase described i

the term "Phase II" means— (A) with respect to the SBIR program, the second phase described in paragraph (4)(B); and (B) with respect to the STTR program, the second phas

The term “Phase II bonus allowance allocations” means, for calendar year 2000 through 2009, inclusive, and only for such years, allocations made by the Administrator pursuant to se

the term “Phase III” means— (A) with respect to the SBIR program, the third phase described in paragraph (4)(C); and (B) with respect to the STTR program, the third phase described

In this subsection, the term “Phase III agreement” means a follow-on, non-SBIR or non-STTR funded contract as described in paragraph (4)(C) or paragraph (6)(C) of subsection (e).

The term “Phase I joint professional military education” has the meaning given that term pursuant to section 2154 of title 10 .

The term “phase-in percentage” means, for an area for a year, the ratio (expressed as a percentage, but in no case greater than 100 percent) of— (I) the maximum cumulative adjustme

The term “phaseout percentage” means 20 percent reduced (but not below zero) by 1 percentage point for each $2,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the taxpayer’s adjusted gross inco

The term “philanthropic organization” means a non-profit organization— (A) that does not receive funds under subchapter IV of this chapter or under the Elementary and Secondary Edu

The term “Philippine article” means an article which is the product of the Philippines, unless, in the case of an article produced with the use of materials imported into the Phili

The term “Philippine duty” means the rate or rates of ordinary customs duty which (at the time and place of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, in the Philippines for consumption,

For the purposes of this subchapter the term “Philippine Government” shall mean “Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines” until the date of independence, and thereafter i

The term “Philippine import duty” means the lowest rate of ordinary customs duty applicable at the port of arrival, at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumpt

the terms “copy”, “fixed”, “musical work”, “phonorecord”, “reproduce”, “sound recordings”, and “transmit” mean those terms within the meaning of title 17; and

“Phonorecords” are material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed,

The term “photographer” means any individual if the personal efforts of such individual create (or may reasonably be expected to create) a photograph or photographic negative or tr

The term "photovoltaic cell" means the smallest semiconductor element of a solar module which performs the immediate conversion of light into electricity.

The term "photovoltaic device" means— (A) a device that converts light directly into electricity through a solid-state, semiconductor process; (B) the photovoltaic cells

the term “photovoltaic devices” means devices that convert light directly into electricity through a solid-state, semiconductor process.

“photovoltaic effect” refers to the physical phenomenon exhibited under certain circumstances by some materials in which a portion of the light energy striking the material is dire

The term “photovoltaic wafer” means a thin slice, sheet, or layer of semiconductor material of at least 240 square centimeters— (I) produced by a single manufacturer either— (aa) d

The term “PHR identifiable health information” means individually identifiable health information, as defined in section 1320d(6) of this title , and includes, with respect to an i

The term “phthalate alternative” means any common substitute to a phthalate, alternative material to a phthalate, or alternative plasticizer.

“Physical completion date” shall mean the last day of the calendar month in which the Secretary determines that the construction of the project is substantially completed and subst

“physical custody” means actual possession and control of a child;

The term “physical escort” means the temporary touching or holding of the hand, wrist, arm, shoulder or back for the purpose of inducing a resident who is acting out to walk to a s

the term “physical force” means physical action against another, and includes confinement;

The term “physical harm” means bodily injury, impairment, or disease.

In subparagraph (A), the term “physical infrastructure” includes real property, utilities, and equipment (installed and free standing and including computer equipment), necessary t

the term “physical injury” includes lacerations, fractured bones, burns, internal injuries, severe bruising or serious bodily harm; / the term "physical injury" includes

The term “physical obstruction” means rendering impassable ingress to or egress from a facility that provides reproductive health services or to or from a place of religious worshi

the term “physical presence” means a place of business that— (i) is maintained by a foreign bank; (ii) is located at a fixed address (other than solely an electronic address) in a

The term “physical restraint” means a personal restriction that immobilizes or reduces the ability of an individual to move his or her arms, legs, or head freely. Such term does no

“Physical search” means any physical intrusion within the United States into premises or property (including examination of the interior of property by technical means) that is int

“physical security measures” means measures to reasonably ensure that source or special nuclear material will only be used for authorized purposes and to prevent theft and sabotage

The term “physical storage facility” means any business or entity that provides space for the storage of goods or materials, or services related to the storage of goods or material

The term “physical therapist” means an individual who— (A) has received, at a minimum, a graduate degree in physical therapy from an institution of higher education accredited by a

“physician” includes surgeons, podiatrists, dentists, clinical psychologists, optometrists, chiropractors, and osteopathic practitioners within the scope of their practice as defin

The term “physician assistant” and the term “nurse practitioner” mean, for purposes of this subchapter, a physician assistant or nurse practitioner who performs such services as su

The term “physician assistant education program” means an educational program in a public or private institution in a State that— (A) has as its objective the education of individu