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For purposes of this subsection, the term “active part in political management or in a political campaign” means those acts of political management or political campaigning which w
“active service” has the meaning given it by section 101 of title 37 ; / “active service” means active Federal service by an employee; / The term “active service” means service on
The term “active status” means the status of a member of a reserve component who is not in the inactive Army National Guard or inactive Air National Guard, on an inactive status li
“Active storage” means that amount of water in reservoir storage, exclusive of bank storage, which can be released through the existing reservoir outlet works;
The term “active uranium or thorium processing site” means— (A) any uranium or thorium processing site, including the mill, containing byproduct material for which a license (issue
“active workings” means any place in a coal mine where miners are normally required to work or travel;
The term “activities of daily living” includes tasks such as eating, toileting, grooming, dressing, bathing, and transferring.
In this paragraph, the term “activities promoting responsible fatherhood” means the following: (I) Activities to promote marriage or sustain marriage through activities such as cou
For purposes of this section, the term “activity” includes acquiring or retaining any investment. / The term “activity” includes acquiring or retaining any investment. / For purpos
For purposes of this section, the term “activity not engaged in for profit” means any activity other than one with respect to which deductions are allowable for the taxable year un
The term “activity of daily living” means an activity regularly necessary for personal care and includes bathing, dressing, eating, getting in and out of bed and chairs, walking, g
The term “Act of 1976” means the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). / “Act of 1976” means the Act entitled “An Act to provide for t
“act of espionage” means an activity that is a violation of— (A) section 793, 794, or 798 of this title; or (B) section 4 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950.
The term “Act of March 3, 1881”, “Act of February 20, 1905”, or “Act of March 19, 1920”, means the respective Act as amended.
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“act of God” means an act occasioned by an unanticipated grave natural disaster; / “act of God” means an unanticipated grave natural disaster or other natural phenomenon of an exce
The term “act of international terrorism” includes— (A) any act substantially contributing to the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in paragraph (8)
The term “Act of March 3, 1881”, “Act of February 20, 1905”, or “Act of March 19, 1920”, means the respective Act as amended.
The term “Act of March 3, 1881”, “Act of February 20, 1905”, or “Act of March 19, 1920”, means the respective Act as amended.
Act of physical violence.—The term "act of physical violence" means any act involving— (A) an assault or other infliction or threat of infliction of death or bodily harm
The term “act of terrorism” means any act that the Secretary determines meets the requirements under subparagraph (B), as such requirements are further defined and specified by the
The term “act of trafficking” means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) of section 7102 of title 22 .
the term "act of war" means any act occurring in the course of— (A) declared war; (B) armed conflict, whether or not war has been declared, between two or more nations; o
For purposes of this section, the term “acts of terrorism” means an activity that involves a violent act or an act dangerous to human life that is a violation of the criminal laws
“Acts to regulate commerce” means subtitle IV of title 49 and the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.] and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.
The term “actual 1985 emission rate”, for electric utility units means the annual sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides emission rate in pounds per million Btu as reported in the NAPAP
As used in subparagraph (A), the term “actual cost” means the cost to the borrower of the improvement, including the amounts paid for labor, materials, construction contracts, off-
In this section, the term “actual cost of attendance” has the meaning given the term “cost of attendance” by section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087 ll ).
Definition.—In this section, the term "actual injury" includes the loss of interest at commercial rates compounded from the date of injury.
The term “actual production history yield” means the weighted average of the actual production history for each insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity, as calculated under s
The term “actual production on the farm” means the sum of the value of all crops produced on the farm, as determined under subsection (b)(6)(B). / The term “actual production on th
the term "actual sexually explicit conduct" means actual but not simulated conduct as defined in clauses (i) through (v) of section 2256(2)(A) of this title;
The term “actual thrift investment percentage” means the percentage determined by dividing— (i) the amount of a savings association's qualified thrift investments, by (ii) the amou
The term “advance funding actuarial cost method” or “actuarial cost method” means a recognized actuarial technique utilized for establishing the amount and incidence of the annual
the term “actuarial method” means the method of allocating payments made on a debt between the outstanding balance of the obligation and the precomputed finance charge pursuant to
The term “adaptation strategy” means a land use and management strategy that can be used— (A) to increase the sequestration capabilities of covered greenhouse gases of any ecosyste
The term “adaptive ecosystem management” means a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of ne
The term "adaptive equipment" includes, but is not limited to, power steering, power brakes, power window lifts, power seats, special equipment necessary to assist the el
The term “addict” means any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use o
The term “addition” means the approximately 107,600 acre area of the East Everglades area authorized to be added to Everglades National Park by sections 410r–5 to 410r–8 of this ti
The term “additional commodities” means commodities made available under section 7515 of this title in addition to the commodities made available under sections 7502 and 7507 of th
The term “additional contribution” means any charitable contribution by the taxpayer of any interest in property with respect to which the taxpayer has previously made an initial f
The term “additional coverage” means a plan of crop insurance coverage providing a level of coverage greater than the level available under catastrophic risk protection.
the term “additional covered nonprofit entity”— (I) means an organization described in any paragraph of section 501(c) of title 26 , other than paragraph (3), (4), (6), or (19), an
The term “additional depreciation” means, in the case of any property, the depreciation adjustments in respect of such property; except that, in the case of property held more than
The term “additional disclosable party” means, with respect to a facility, any person or entity who— (i) exercises operational, financial, or managerial control over the facility o
For purposes of this subchapter, the term “additional dislocated worker” means a displaced homemaker as that term is defined in section 1503(29) of this title.
The term “additional health services” means services that are not included as required primary health services and that are appropriate to meet the health needs of the population s
As used in this subsection, the term “additional new budget authority” means the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of $117,000,000, in an appropriation measure or confer
For purposes of clause (ii)(III), the term “additional payment” means, with respect to a discharge for a new medical service or technology described in clause (ii)(I), an amount th
The term “additional preventive services” means services not described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (3) that identify medical conditions or risk factors and that the Sec
The term “Additional Protocol” means a protocol additional to a safeguards agreement with the IAEA, as negotiated between a country and the IAEA based on a Model Additional Protoco
As used in this paragraph, the term “additional rail passenger service” means rail passenger service (other than rail passenger service provided pursuant to the provisions of parag
The term “additional renewable fuel” means fuel that is produced from renewable biomass and that is used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in home heating oi
The term “additional services” means— (A) for Inmarsat, those non-maritime or non-aeronautical mobile services in the 1.5 and 1.6 Ghz band on planned satellites or the 2 Ghz band;
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “additional supplier country” means a country regarding which no antidumping investigation is currently pending, and no antidumping duty or
The term “additional telehealth benefits” means services— (I) for which benefits are available under part B, including services for which payment is not made under section 1395m(m)
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For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “address” means a physical address or electronic address, such as an electronic mail address or temporarily assigned network address (inc
the term “adequate consideration” means— (A) in the case of a security for which there is a generally recognized market— (i) the price of the security prevailing on a national secu
For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “adequate dwelling” means a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling unit.
For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term “adequate expertise” means that the membership of the classification panel includes— (i) two or more voting members, with a specialty
“adequate information” means information of a kind, and in sufficient detail, as far as is reasonably practicable in light of the nature and history of the debtor and the condition
With respect to a bank holding company, the term “adequately capitalized” means a level of capitalization which meets or exceeds all applicable Federal regulatory capital standards
The term "adequately served" means having a participation rate, by crop, that is at least 50 percent of the national average participation rate.
The term “adjacent coastal State” means any coastal State which (A) would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port, as proposed in an application; (B) would be located
The term “adjacent islands” includes Saint Pierre, Miquelon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, the Windward and Leeward Islands, Trinida
For purposes of this subsection, the terms “adjoining country”, “appropriate congressional committees”, “armed group”, and “conflict mineral” have the meaning given those terms und
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“adjudication” means agency process for the formulation of an order; / In this subsection, the term “adjudication” has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5 , but d
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “adjustable benefit” means— (I) benefits, rights, and features under the plan, including post-retirement death benefits, 60-month guarantee
The term “adjustable rate mortgage” means a residential mortgage that has an interest rate that is subject to change. A residential mortgage that: (A) does not fully amortize over
The term “adjusted actual production history yield” means— (A) in the case of an eligible producer on a farm that has at least 4 years of actual production history yields for an in
The term “adjusted age of housing” means the arithmetic product of the age of housing in the metropolitan city or urban county multiplied times the adjustment factor.
For purposes of this subsection, the term “adjusted allowable risk corridor costs” means, for a plan for a coverage year (as defined in subsection (b)(4))— (i) the allowable risk c
The term “adjusted amount” means, with respect to a covered State— (A) for fiscal year 2008, 90 percent of— (i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 2006 under section 102(a
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted average per capita cost” means the average per capita amount that the Secretary estimates in advance (on the basis of actual experi
The term “adjusted base amount” means— (A) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, $34,000, (B) $44,000 in the case of a joint return, and (C) zero in the case of a taxpaye
The term “adjusted base period income” means the average of the inflation-adjusted possession incomes of the corporation for each base period year.
For purposes of clause (i), the term “adjusted cash value” means the cash surrender value of the policy or contract increased by the sum of— (I) commissions payable with respect to
The term “adjusted disbursements” means disbursements from the plan reduced by the product of— (I) the plan's funding target attainment percentage for the plan year, and (II) the s
The term "adjusted exploration expenditures" means, with respect to any property or mine— (A) the amount of the expenditures allowed for the taxable year and all precedin
For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “adjusted Federal long-term rate” means the Federal long-term rate determined under section 1274(d), except that— (A) paragraphs (2) and (3)
The term “adjusted funding target attainment percentage” means the funding target attainment percentage which is determined under paragraph (1) by increasing each of the amounts un
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted gross estate” means the value of the gross estate (determined without regard to this section)— / For purposes of this section, the
the term “adjusted gross income” means— (i) in the case of a dependent student, for the second tax year preceding the academic year— (I) the adjusted gross income (as defined in se
In this paragraph, the term “adjusted historical payment basis” means, with respect to a physicians’ service furnished in a fee schedule area, the weighted average prevailing charg
The terms “adjusted income” and “income” shall have the meaning given such terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)]. / The terms “adjuste
The term “adjusted income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties” means the gross income from mineral, oil, and gas royalties (including production payments and overriding royalties)
The term “adjusted income from rents” means the gross income from rents, reduced by the amount subtracted under paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection. For purposes of the preceding s
For purposes of subparagraph (E), the term “adjusted investor equity” means, with respect to any calendar year, the aggregate amount of cash taxpayers invested with respect to the
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "adjusted national average monthly bid amount" means the national average monthly bid amount computed under paragraph (4), as
For purposes of this subsection, the term “adjusted net capital gain” means the sum of— (A) net capital gain (determined without regard to paragraph (11)) reduced (but not below ze
For purposes of subsection (j), the term “adjusted net income” means the excess (if any) of— (A) the gross income for the taxable year (determined with the income modifications pro
The term “adjusted net operating loss” means the net operating loss for any taxable year determined with the adjustments set forth in subparagraph (C).
The term “adjusted noninsured crop disaster assistance program yield” means— (A) in the case of an eligible producer on a farm that has at least 4 years of production history under
The term “adjusted ordinary gross income” means the ordinary gross income adjusted as follows: (A) From the gross income from rents (as defined in the second sentence of paragraph
For purposes of paragraph (4), the term “adjusted qualifying income” means the product of— (i) the highest family income which (as of the date the financing was provided) would hav
In paragraph (2), the term “adjusted reasonable costs” means, with respect to any services, reasonable costs determined for such services, reduced by 10 percent. The 10-percent red
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted sales price” means the amount realized, reduced by the aggregate of the expenses for work performed on the old residence in order t
The term “adjusted self-employment income” means self-employment income (as defined in section 1402(b)); except that section 1402(b) shall be applied by placing wages (within the m
The term “adjusted share” means the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— (i) the base share for the eligibl
For purposes of this section, the term “adjusted taxable estate” means the taxable estate reduced by $60,000.