United States Code

The term “class II substance” means each of the substances listed as provided in section 7671a(b) of this title .

The term “Class I milk” means milk (including milk components) classified as Class I milk under a Federal milk marketing order. / The term “Class I milk” means milk (including milk

“Class I railroad”, “Class II railroad”, and “Class III railroad” mean railroad carriers that have annual carrier operating revenues that meet the threshold amount for Class I carr

In order to assure protection of riparian habitat, the Secretary shall maintain a buffer zone of no less than one hundred feet in width on each side of all Class I streams in the T

The term “class I substance” means each of the substances listed as provided in section 7671a(a) of this title .

Except as provided in this section, the term “class life” means the class life (if any) which would be applicable with respect to any property as of January 1, 1986, under subsecti

Definitions.—In this section, the terms "class", "class action", "class certification order", and "class member" shall have the meanings giv

the term “class members” means the persons (named or unnamed) who fall within the definition of the proposed or certified class in a class action. / Class members.—The term “class

The term “class of covered products” means a group of covered products, the functions or intended uses of which are similar (as determined by the Secretary).

The term “class of motor vehicles” means any one of the following categories of motor vehicles: (A) Motor vehicles provided for in subheading 8701.20, subheading 8704.10, 8704.22,

The term "class of naval vessels"— (A) means any group of similar undersea or surface craft procured with Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy or Other Procurement, Navy fun

“class” or “class of positions” includes all positions which are sufficiently similar, as to— (A) kind or subject-matter of work; (B) level of difficulty and responsibility; and (C

The term “classroom-based instructional reading assessment” means an assessment that— (i) evaluates children's learning based on systematic observations by teachers of children per

The term "Class VI well" means a well described in section 144.6(f) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).

The term “clean alternative fuel” means any fuel (including methanol, ethanol, or other alcohols (including any mixture thereof containing 85 percent or more by volume of such alco

The term “clean and efficient energy technology” means an energy supply or end-use technology that, compared to a similar technology already in widespread commercial use in a recip

The term “clean and sound shell egg” means any egg whose shell is free of adhering dirt or foreign material and is not cracked or broken.

The term “clean-burning fuel” means— (A) natural gas, (B) liquefied natural gas, (C) liquefied petroleum gas, (D) hydrogen, (E) electricity, and (F) any other fuel at least 85 perc

For purposes of this subsection, the term “clean claim” means a claim that has no defect, impropriety (including a lack of any required substantiating documentation), or particular

For purposes of this section, “clean coal technology” means any technology, including technologies applied at the precombustion, combustion, or post combustion stage, at a new or e

The term “clean coal technology plant” means the plant located near Healy, Alaska, constructed under Department cooperative agreement number DE–FC–22–91PC90544.

The term "clean electronic claim" means the transmission of data for purposes of payment of covered health care expenses that is submitted to the Secretary which contains

In this section, the term “clean energy incubator”— (1) means any entity that is designed to accelerate the commercial application of clean energy technologies by providing— (A) ph

The term "clean energy project" means a project that demonstrates 1 or more of the following technologies: (A) Solar. (B) Micro-grids. (C) Geothermal. (D) Direct air capt

The term “clean energy technology” means a technology that, as compared with technologies being deployed at that time for widespread commercial use in the country involved— (i) ach

Clean fuel bus.—The term “clean fuel bus” means a passenger vehicle used to provide public transportation that— (A) is powered by— (i) compressed natural gas; (ii) liquefied natura

The term “clean-fuel vehicle” means a vehicle in a class or category of vehicles which has been certified to meet for any model year the clean-fuel vehicle standards applicable und

The terms “clean hydrogen” and “hydrogen” mean hydrogen produced in compliance with the greenhouse gas emissions standard established under section 16166(a) of this title, includin

the term “Clean Oceans Fund” means such a fund established by a State in accordance with subsection (c)(5);

The term "clean paper claim" means a paper claim for payment of covered health care expenses that is submitted to the Secretary which contains substantially all of the re

The term “clean renewable energy bond” means any bond issued as part of an issue if— (A) the bond is issued by a qualified issuer pursuant to an allocation by the Secretary to such

The term “clean renewable energy bond lender” means a lender which is a cooperative which is owned by, or has outstanding loans to, 100 or more cooperative electric companies and i

The term “clean school bus” means a school bus with a gross vehicle weight of greater than 14,000 pounds that— (A) is powered by a heavy duty engine; and (B) is operated solely on

The term “cleared defense contractor” means a private entity granted clearance by the Department of Defense to access, receive, or store classified information for the purpose of b

The term "cleared intelligence contractor" means a private entity granted clearance by the Director of National Intelligence or the head of an element of the intelligence

The term “cleared swap” means any swap that is, directly or indirectly, submitted to and cleared by a derivatives clearing organization registered with the Commission.

The term “clearing agency” means any person who acts as an intermediary in making payments or deliveries or both in connection with transactions in securities or who provides facil

Clearing bank.—The term "clearing bank" means an uninsured State member bank, or a corporation organized under section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act, which operates, or

The term “clearinghouse” means— (A) the State housing finance agency for the State in which an eligible residential property or eligible condominium property is located; (B) the Of

The term “clearinghouses” means— (i) the State housing finance agency for the State in which an eligible residential property is located, (ii) the Office of Community Investment (o

“clearing organization” means a derivatives clearing organization registered under the Act; / The term "clearing organization" means a clearinghouse, clearing association

The term “clearly identified” means that— (A) the name of the candidate involved appears; (B) a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears; or (C) the identity of the candidate

The term “Clear Zone Area” means an area immediately beyond the end of the runway of an airfield that is needed to ensure the safe and unrestricted passage of aircraft in and over

In this section, the term “CLEEN aircraft and engine technology” means continuous lower energy, emissions, and noise aircraft and engine technology.

Any master of any vessel and any person in charge of any vehicle bound to the United States who does not produce the manifest to the officer (whether of the Customs Service or the

The term “Clerk” means the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States. / The term “Clerk” means the Clerk of the House of Representatives. / “clerk” and “clerk of t

The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.

“clerk” and “clerk of the court” shall mean the clerk of the district court of the United States, any authorized deputy clerk, and any other person authorized by the court to assis

The term “client” means any person or entity that employs or retains another person for financial or other compensation to conduct lobbying activities on behalf of that person or e

if such services meet standards prescribed by the Assistant Secretary and are necessary for the general welfare of older individuals. For purposes of paragraph (5), the term “clien

The term "Cliffside Field" means the helium storage reservoir in which the Federal Helium Reserve is stored.

The term “climate division” means 1 of the 359 divisions in the United States that represents 2 or more regions located within a State that are as climatically homogeneous as possi

The term "climate intelligence indications and warnings" means developments relating to climate security with the potential to— (A) imminently and substantially alter the

The term “climate resilience” means the capability to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of, adapt to, and recover from, extreme weather, or from anticipated or unanticipated

The term "climate security" means the effects of climate change on the following: (A) The national security of the United States, including national security infrastructu

The term “clinic” includes— (A) a clinical program at an accredited law, business, or accounting school in which students represent low-income taxpayers in controversies arising un

The term "clinical and demographic information" includes— (i) date of diagnosis; (ii) age at diagnosis; (iii) the patient's sex, race, ethnicity, and environmental exposu

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “Clinical Center of Excellence” means a Center that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the Center— (i) uses an int

The term “clinical investigation” means any experiment involving 1 or more human subjects, or materials derived from human subjects, in which a drug or device is administered, disp

As used in this section, the term “laboratory” or “clinical laboratory” means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immuno-hematological, hematolog

In this section, the term “clinically susceptible concentrations” means specific values which characterize bacteria as clinically susceptible, intermediate, or resistant to the dru

The term “clinical nurse specialist” means, for purposes of this subchapter, an individual who— (i) is a registered nurse and is licensed to practice nursing in the State in which

The term "clinical outcome assessment" means— (A) a measurement of a patient's symptoms, overall mental state, or the effects of a disease or condition on how the patient

For purposes of this subsection, the term “clinical practice improvement activity” means an activity that relevant eligible professional organizations and other relevant stakeholde

The term “clinical privileges” includes privileges, membership on the medical staff, and the other circumstances pertaining to the furnishing of medical care under which a physicia

As used in this subchapter, the term “clinical research” means patient oriented clinical research conducted with human subjects, or research on the causes and consequences of disea

The term “clinical social worker” means an individual who— (A) possesses a master's or doctor's degree in social work; (B) after obtaining such degree has performed at least 2 year

The term “clinical social worker services” means services performed by a clinical social worker (as defined in paragraph (1)) for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses (o

The term “clinical testing” means any human clinical testing— (i) which is carried out under an exemption for a drug being tested for a rare disease or condition under section 505(

the term "clinical treatment facility" means a medical setting, other than a hospital, that provides detoxification, risk reduction, outpatient treatment and care, reside

The term "clinical workflow" means the integration of automated queries for prescription drug monitoring programs data and analytics into health information technologies

The term “closed” refers to the earliest point in time at which— (A) all criminal proceedings (other than appeals) are concluded, or (B) covert activities are concluded, whichever

The term “Closed Area” means any area within the jurisdiction of a Pacific Island Party that is closed to vessels pursuant to a national law of that Pacific Island Party and is not

The term “closed-loop biomass” means any organic material from a plant which is planted exclusively for purposes of being used at a qualified facility to produce electricity.

The term “closed or realigned military installation” means a military installation where a depot-level maintenance and repair facility was approved in 1995 for closure or realignme

For purposes of this section, the term “closely held business amount” means the value of the interest in a closely held business which qualifies under subsection (a)(1).

The term “closely held C corporation” means any C corporation described in section 465(a)(1)(B).

The term “closely held pass-thru entity” means any pass-thru entity if, at any time during any taxable year for which there is income under the contract, 50 percent or more (by val

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “closely held real estate investment trust” means a real estate investment trust with respect to which 5 or fewer persons own (after appl

The term “closing transaction” means any termination of the taxpayer's obligation under an option in property other than through the exercise or lapse of the option.

For purposes of this section, the term “closure facility” means a Department of Energy facility at which the Secretary is carrying out a closure project selected under section 2601

The term “closure or close” means the termination of operations at open dumps on Indian land or Alaska Native land and bringing such dumps into compliance with applicable Federal s

The term “clothes washer” means a residential model clothes washer, including a commercial residential style coin operated washer.

In this section, the term "clothing storage unit" means any free-standing furniture item manufactured in the United States or imported for use in the United States that i

The term “cloud computing” has the meaning given the term in Special Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or any successor document.

The term "cloud service provider" means an entity offering products or services related to cloud computing, as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technolo

The term "clutter" means a natural or man-made surface feature that affects the propagation of a signal from a base station.

The term “CO” means carbon monoxide.

The term “CO 2 e” means, with respect to any greenhouse gas, the equivalent carbon dioxide (as determined based on relative global warming potential).

The term “CO 2 e per KWh” means, with respect to any greenhouse gas, the equivalent carbon dioxide (as determined based on global warming potential) per kilowatt hour of electricit

The term “coal” includes coal derivatives. / The term “coal” means metallurgical coal, coking coal, or fuel coke. / The term “coal” means anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous

The term “coalbed methane gas” means occluded natural gas produced (or which may be produced) from coalbeds and rock strata associated therewith.

As used in this section, the term “coal combustion byproducts” means the residues from the combustion of coal including ash, slag, and flue gas desulfurization materials.

“Coal mine” means any underground, surface, or strip mine from which coal is obtained. / “coal mine” includes areas of adjoining mines connected underground.

the term “coal or other mine” means a coal or other mine, as defined in section 3 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 ( 30 U.S.C. 802 ), that is subject to the provis

The term “coal or uranium development activities” means the production, processing, or transportation of coal or uranium.

The term “coal remining operation” means a coal mining operation which begins after February 4, 1987 at a site on which coal mining was conducted before August 3, 1977.

The term “coal seam” means any stratum of coal 20 inches or more in thickness, unless a stratum of less thickness is being commercially worked, or can in the judgment of the Secret

The term “coal wage agreement” means— (A) the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement, or (B) any other agreement entered into between an employer in the coal industry and the Unit

The term “coal waste sludge” means the tar decanter sludge and related byproducts of the coking process, including such materials that have been stored in ground, in tanks and in l