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  • The term “Technical Working Group” means Brown Tree Snake Technical Working Group established under the authority of section 4728 of title 16.

  • Technicians.—(1) For the purpose of this subsection, the term "technician" has the meaning given such term by section 8337(h)(1) of this title. / As used in this subsecti

  • The term "technological abuse" means an act or pattern of behavior that occurs within domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking and is intended to ha

  • The term “technological system of continuous emission reduction” means— (A) a technological process for production or operation by any source which is inherently low-polluting or n

  • For purposes of this section, the term “technologies and practices” means those technologies and practices that— (1) may be retrofitted— (A) on existing vessels or incorporated in

  • the term “technology” refers to any form of computer hardware and software; computer-based systems, services, and support for the creation, processing, exchange, and delivery of in

  • The term “technology and industrial base sector” means a group of public or private persons and organizations that engage in, or are capable of engaging in, similar research, devel

  • The term “technology cluster” means a concentration of technology-related business concerns, institutions of higher education, or nonprofit institutions, that reinforce each other'

  • In this subsection, the term “technology development program” means— (A) the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the National Science Foundation, as establish

  • The term "technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building model" means a distance health education model that connects health care professionals, and part

  • The term “technology equipment” means any physical asset related to a computer or information technology, including any peripheral component, tablet, communication device (such as

  • The term "technology protection features" means the technical modifications necessary to protect critical program information, including anti-tamper technologies and othe

  • The term “technology protection measure” means a specific technology that blocks or filters Internet access to the material covered by a certification under paragraph (5) or (6) to

  • The term “technology-related business concern” means a for-profit corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, or small business concern that— (A) conducts scientific or e

  • the term “telecast” means— (A) to broadcast by a television broadcast station; or (B) to transmit by a cable television system or a satellite television distribution service.

  • the term "telecommunication" means any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, o

  • the term “telecommunication identifying information” means electronic serial number or any other number or signal that identifies a specific telecommunications instrument or accoun

  • The term “telecommunications” means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of

  • The term “telecommunications carrier”— (A) means a person or entity engaged in the transmission or switching of wire or electronic communications as a common carrier for hire; and

  • The term “telecommunications equipment” means equipment, other than customer premises equipment, used by a carrier to provide telecommunications services, and includes software int

  • The term “telecommunications industry” means communications businesses using regulated or unregulated facilities or services and includes broadcasting, telecommunications, cable, c

  • In this section, the term "telecommunications interagency working group" means the interagency working group established under subsection (b)(1).

  • The term “telecommunications product” means— (A) any paging devices provided for under item 685.65 of such Schedules, and (B) any article classified under any of the following item

  • The term “telecommunications relay services” means telephone transmission services that provide the ability for an individual who is deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who has a

  • the term “telecommunications service” has the meaning given such term in section 3 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 153 ); / The term “telecommunications se

  • The term “telecommunications support services” means a product, software, or service used by a telecommunications carrier for the internal signaling or switching functions of its t

  • Subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), the Secretary shall pay for telehealth services that are furnished via a telecommunications system by a physician (as defined in section 1395x(r)

  • the term “telecommuting” means the use of telecommunications to perform work functions under circumstances which reduce or eliminate the need to commute;

  • Definition.—In this section, the term “telecommuting centers” means flexiplace work telecommuting centers.

  • the term “Telecommuting Pilot Program” means the pilot program established under subsection (d)(1)(A); and

  • In this section, the term “teleconsultation” means the use by a health care specialist of telecommunications to assist another health care provider in rendering a diagnosis or trea

  • The term “telehealth” has the meaning given the term in section 254c–16(a) of title 42. / The term “telehealth” means the use of electronic information and telecommunications techn

  • Subject to paragraph (8), the term “telehealth service” means professional consultations, office visits, and office psychiatry services (identified as of July 1, 2000, by HCPCS cod

  • the term “telehealth services” includes a rural health clinic service or Federally qualified health center service that is furnished using telehealth to the extent that payment cod

  • The term “telehealth technologies” means technologies relating to the use of electronic information, and telecommunications technologies, to support and promote, at a distance, hea

  • The term “telemarketing” means a plan, program, or campaign which is conducted to induce purchases of goods or services, or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or

  • In this chapter, the term “telemarketing or email marketing”— (1) means a plan, program, promotion, or campaign that is conducted to induce— (A) purchases of goods or services; (B)

  • The term “telemedicine” means a telecommunications link to an end user through the use of eligible equipment that electronically links health professionals or patients and health p

  • The term “telemental health” means the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance mental health care, patient and professional-relat

  • As used in this section, the term “telemessaging service” means voice mail and voice storage and retrieval services, any live operator services used to record, transcribe, or relay

  • Telephone bank.—The term “telephone bank” means more than 500 telephone calls of an identical or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period. / The term “telephone bank”

  • The term “telephone-billed purchase” means any purchase that is completed solely as a consequence of the completion of the call or a subsequent dialing, touch tone entry, or compar

  • The term “telephone exchange service” means (A) service within a telephone exchange, or within a connected system of telephone exchanges within the same exchange area operated to f

  • The term “telephone facsimile machine” means equipment which has the capacity (A) to transcribe text or images, or both, from paper into an electronic signal and to transmit that s

  • The term “telephone solicitation” means the initiation of a telephone call or message for the purpose of encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, o

  • the term “telephones used with private radio services” means telephones and other customer premises equipment used in whole or in part with private land mobile radio services and o

  • the term “telephones used with public mobile services” means telephones and other customer premises equipment used in whole or in part with air-to-ground radiotelephone services, c

  • The term “telephone toll service” means telephone service between stations in different exchange areas for which there is made a separate charge not included in contracts with subs

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the term “teletypewriter exchange service” means the access from a teletypewriter or other data station to the teletypewriter exchange system of wh

  • The term “television broadcast station”— (A) means an over-the-air, commercial or noncommercial television broadcast station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission under

  • The term “television network” means a television network in the United States which offers an interconnected program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at

  • The term "telework" has the meaning given the term in section 6501. / The term “telework” or “teleworking” refers to a work flexibility arrangement under which an employe

  • The term “telework” or “teleworking” refers to a work flexibility arrangement under which an employee performs the duties and responsibilities of such employee’s position, and othe

  • The term “teller’s check” means any check issued by a depository institution and drawn on another depository institution.

  • The term “temperate japonica rice” means rice that is grown in high altitudes or temperate regions of high latitudes with cooler climate conditions, in the Western United States, a

  • the term “temporarily disabled” means an impairment which (A) is expected to be of no more than six months’ duration, and (B) substantially impedes an individual's ability to live

  • In this paragraph, the term “temporary” means— (i) with respect to a school that is to be closed for not more than 1 year, 3 months or less; and (ii) with respect to a school that

  • the terms “temporary annual percentage rate of interest” and “temporary annual percentage rate” mean any rate of interest applicable to a credit card account for an introductory pe

  • the terms “temporary annual percentage rate of interest” and “temporary annual percentage rate” mean any rate of interest applicable to a credit card account for an introductory pe

  • For purposes of this section, the term “temporary assistance” means money payments, medical care, temporary billeting, transportation, and other goods and services necessary for th

  • The term “temporary emergency production rate” means the maximum rate of production for a field— (A) which rate is above the maximum efficient rate of production established for su

  • the term “temporary employee” means, with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, an individual who is employed for a specific purpose or task and who is employed for

  • The term “temporary housing” means any housing (as defined in (b)) which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development has determined to be “of a temporary character” pursuant to

  • For purposes of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the term “temporary research personnel” means personnel who are employed in the Veterans Health Administration in other than a c

  • The term "temporary road" means a road that is— (A) authorized— (i) by a contract, permit, lease, other written authorization; or (ii) pursuant to an emergency operation;

  • The term "tenant" means a member of the armed forces, including a reserve component thereof in an active status, or a dependent of a member of the armed forces who reside

  • The term “tenant-based” means, with respect to rental assistance, assistance that— (A) allows an eligible person to select a housing unit in which such person will live using renta

  • the term "tenant-based assistance" means rental assistance under subsection (o) that is not project-based assistance and that provides for the eligible family to select s

  • “tenants’ organization” means a bona fide organization of tenants who represent a majority of the occupied rental units in a rental housing project.

  • The term “tenant-stockholder” means a person who is a stockholder in a cooperative housing corporation, and whose stock is fully paid-up in an amount not less than an amount shown

  • Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “tenant-stockholder's proportionate share” means that proportion which the stock of the cooperative housing corporation owned by th

  • The term "tenor spread adjustment" means— (A) 0.00644 percent for overnight LIBOR; (B) 0.11448 percent for 1-month LIBOR; (C) 0.26161 percent for 3-month LIBOR; (D) 0.428

  • The term “tentative approval” means notification to an applicant by the Secretary that an application under this subsection meets the requirements of paragraph (2)(A), but cannot r

  • The term “tentative LICTI” means life insurance company taxable income determined without regard to the small life insurance company deduction. / For purposes of this paragraph, in

  • For purposes of this part, the term “tentative minimum tax” means the amount determined under section 55(b)(1). / The term “tentative minimum tax” has the meaning given to such ter

  • The term “tentative selectee” means a party that has been selected by the Commission under a licensing proceeding for grant of a license, but has not yet been granted the license b

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “tenure rights” means rights to harvest timber from public land granted by the country of export.

  • “terminal” means an onshore facility or an offshore structure located in the navigable waters of the United States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and used, or

  • “terminal development” means— (A) development of— (i) an airport passenger terminal building, including terminal gates; (ii) access roads servicing exclusively airport traffic that

  • “terminal facilities” means— (A) in the case of the Prince William Sound Program, the entire oil terminal complex located in Valdez, Alaska, consisting of approximately 1,000 acres

  • The term “terminal lake” means a lake and its associated riparian and watershed resources that is— (A) considered flooded because there is no natural outlet for water accumulating

  • The term “terminally ill individual” means an individual who has been certified by a physician as having an illness or physical condition which can reasonably be expected to result

  • The term “terminal railroad corporation” means a domestic railroad corporation which is not a member, other than as a common parent corporation, of an affiliated group (as defined

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “terminal rental adjustment clause” means a provision of an agreement which permits or requires the rental price to be adjusted upward or

  • The term “terminate” means to issue a rule under section 553 of title 5 to cancel permanently the operation of an order beginning on a date certain specified in the rule.

  • For purposes of this section and section 637(a) of this title , the term “terminated” and the term “termination” means the total denial or suspension of assistance under this parag

  • For purposes of this section, the term “terminated by reason of income from work or training” means terminated as a result of the veteran's receipt of earnings from activity perfor

  • The term “termination” includes cancellation. / For purposes of this section and section 637(a) of this title , the term “terminated” and the term “termination” means the total den

  • The term “Termination Act” means the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the division of the tribal assets of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina among the members of the Tr

  • The term “termination date” means the earlier of the following: (A) The date on which the Secretary certifies to Congress that the margin protection program required by section 905

  • The term “term interest” means— (A) a life interest in property, or (B) an interest in property for a term of years.

  • For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “term interest in property” means— (A) a life interest in property, (B) an interest in property for a term of years, or (C) an income intere

  • The term “term loan” means any loan which is not a demand loan.

  • The term "term of imprisonment" includes multiple terms of imprisonment ordered to run consecutively or concurrently, which shall be treated as a single, aggregate term o

  • “term of life imprisonment” means a sentence for the term of natural life, a sentence commuted to natural life, an indeterminate term of a minimum of at least fifteen years and a m

  • the term “term of national service” means a term or period of service under section 12573 of this title .

  • 4 The term "term overriding royalty" means an interest in liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons in place or to be produced from particular real property that entitles the owner

  • “terms and conditions” includes, but is not limited to, the percentage which is paid by the off-track betting system to the host racing association, the percentage which is paid by

  • The term “terms of trade” includes, with respect to the purchase of cattle for slaughter— (A) whether a packer provided any financing agreement or arrangement with regard to the ca

  • The term "territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalition" means a program addressing domestic or sexual violence that is— (A) an established nonprofit, nongove