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the term “covered prisoner” means an individual who— (A) was convicted of a level A offense or level B offense; (B) was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the offense describe

The term “covered privacy and configuration standard” means the minimum standards for privacy and configuration applicable to covered military unaccompanied housing described in De

In this section, the term “covered private sector employee” means— (A) an individual employed by a private firm that is engaged in providing to the Department of Defense significan

Covered procurement.—The term "covered procurement" means— (A) a source selection for a covered system or a covered item of supply involving either a performance specific

Covered procurement action.—The term "covered procurement action" means any of the following actions, if the action takes place in the course of conducting a covered proc

The term “covered producer” means an eligible producer on a farm that is— (A) as determined by the Secretary— (i) a beginning farmer or rancher; (ii) a socially disadvantaged farme

the term “covered product” means a consumer product manufactured by a small batch manufacturer where no more than 7,500 units of the same product were manufactured in the previous

The term “covered product improvement program” means a program under which— (A) a modification or upgrade will be made to a covered system which (as determined by the Secretary of

In this paragraph, the term “covered product or service” means— (i) a product or service that— (I) is included on the procurement list under section 8503(a) of title 41; and (II) w

The term “covered professional services” has the meaning given that term in section 1395w–4(k)(3)(A) of this title . / The terms “eligible professional” and “covered professional s

The term “covered program” means— (A) each research program carried out by the Agricultural Research Service or the Economic Research Service for which annual appropriations are re

The term “covered programs” means the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program established under section 1723 of this title and the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program esta

In this section, the term “covered project” means— (1) the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina (Project 21–D–511); or (2) the P

Covered Project Delivery Contract Defined.—In this section, the term "covered project delivery contract" means— (1) an agreement that provides for both design and constru

The term “covered property” means any property— (A) to which— (i) the Resolution Trust Corporation has acquired title in its corporate or receivership capacity; or (ii) the Federal

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

The term "covered protege" means a protege of a covered mentor that is a Puerto Rico business.

The term "covered provider" means, subject to subparagraph (B), with respect to a State, a health care provider who is participating under the State plan (or waiver of th

In this paragraph, the term “covered provision” means— (i) any otherwise applicable nondisclosure agreement; (ii) any otherwise applicable regulation or order issued under the auth

The term "covered provision of law" means the following: (A) Section 1647 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 111

The term “covered public building” means a public building (as defined in section 3301) that is open to the public and contains a public restroom, and includes a building listed in

In this section, the term “covered reason” means any reason related to an emergency situation, including— (1) illness, quarantine, or social distancing requirements; (2) issues ass

In this subparagraph, the term “covered recipient” means an eligible recipient that— (I) operates as a sole proprietorship or as an independent contractor, or is an eligible self-e

The term “covered recreational vessel” means a recreational vessel that is— (A) less than 26 feet overall in length; and (B) capable of developing 115 pounds or more of static thru

The term "covered recreation facility" means a federally owned campground, resort, cabin, or visitor center that is— (A) in existence on January 4, 2025; and (B) located

The term “covered reef manager” means— (A) a management unit of a covered State with jurisdiction over a coral reef ecosystem; (B) a covered State; or (C) a coral reef stewardship

The term “covered refrigeration unit” means any— (A) commercial refrigerated truck; (B) commercial refrigerated trailer; or (C) commercial refrigerator, freezer, or refrigerator-fr

The term "covered regulatory provision" means any of the following provisions, as in effect on the day before December 20, 2019, and as such provisions relate to North Ko

The term "covered relative" means— (A) the primary next of kin of the covered employee; (B) two family members (other than primary next of kin) of the covered employee; a

The term "covered remedy" means an outcome— (I) that is a criminal conviction, an injunction, or a condemnation, a civil monetary payment, a product recall, a repair or r

“covered rental vehicle” means a motor vehicle that— (A) has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; (B) is rented without a driver for an initial term of less than

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

The term “covered repair station” means a facility that— (A) is located outside the United States; (B) is a part 145 repair station; and (C) performs heavy maintenance work on airc

The term "covered respite care" means, with respect to a caregiver of a veteran, respite care under section 1720B of this title that— (A) is medically and age appropriate

The term “covered retired pay” means retired pay under— (A) this title; (B) title 14; (C) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002

The term “covered rural service area licensing proceeding” means the proceeding of the Commission for the grant of cellular radiotelephone licenses for rural service areas #492 (Mi

In this clause, the term “covered sale” means a sale by a small business concern— (aa) that the small business concern claims to be attributable to an SBIR or STTR award; (bb) for

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “covered sales” means sales by members of the affiliated group (other than foreign affiliates) to persons who are not members of the affili

In this section, the term "covered savings association" means a Federal savings association that makes an election that is approved under subsection (b).

In this subchapter, the term “covered school” means an elementary school or secondary school (as such terms are defined in section 7801 of title 20 ) or an institution of higher ed

In this section, the term “covered schools” means elementary or secondary schools at which the Secretary determines a significant number of dependents of members of the armed force

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “covered section 8 housing” means housing described in section 13641(2)(G) of this title that was originally designed for occupancy by eld

The term “covered security” means a security that satisfies the standards for a covered security specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 77r(b) of this title at the time durin

The term “covered selection information” means— (A) any information that is contained in any application or request for assistance, or any information regarding the decision of the

The term “covered service” means active duty performed by a member of a reserve component under an order to active duty for a period of more than 30 days which specifies that the m

the term “covered servicemember” means— (A) a member of the Armed Forces (including a member of the National Guard or Reserves) who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, o

The term “covered service provider” means a service provider that enters into a contract or arrangement with the covered plan and reasonably expects $1,000 (or such amount as the S

The term “covered services” means any guard, elevator operator, messenger, or custodial services.

the term "covered sex offender" means an individual who— (A) is a sex offender, as defined in section 21503(f) of title 34; and (B) is currently required to register unde

The term "covered ship" means a commissioned battle force ship that is included in the battle force count of the Naval Vessel Register. / “covered ship” means a ship that

The term "covered skilled nursing facility services"— (I) means post-hospital extended care services as defined in section 1395x(i) of this title for which benefits are p

The term "covered small business" means a qualified small business concern as defined pursuant to section 3(a) of the Small Business Act that has entered into a contract

In this paragraph, the term “covered small business concern” means a small business concern that— (i) was not majority-owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge

The term “covered small carrier” means a carrier (as defined in section 153 of this title ) that— (A) has not more than 1,500 employees (as determined under section 121.106 of titl

Covered small passenger vessel.—The term "covered small passenger vessel"— (A) means a small passenger vessel, as defined in section 2101, that is— (i) not a wing-in-grou

The term "covered sports medicine professional" means a physician, athletic trainer, or other health care professional who— (A) is licensed to practice in the primary Sta

The term "covered spouse" means an individual who is married to an individual who— (A) (i) is an employee of the Department of State or an element of the intelligence com

The term “covered State” means each of the States of California, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington. / The term "covered Stat

The term "covered statutory requirement" means a requirement under any covered provision of law.

In this paragraph, the term "covered study-abroad course" means a course that— (i) is provided as a part of a program of education offered by an educational institution u

The term "covered subcontractor" means a subcontractor who has entered into an eligible subcontract with a prime contractor.

The term "covered subjects" means— (A) science; (B) technology; (C) engineering; (D) mathematics; (E) computer science; (F) computational thinking; (G) artificial intelli

The term “covered subsidiary” means a subsidiary of a covered financial company, other than— (A) an insured depository institution; (B) an insurance company; or (C) a covered broke

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

The term "covered support" means any grant, contract, subcontract, award, loan, program, support, or other activity authorized under this division or division A, or an am

The term “covered surrogate foreign corporation” means any surrogate foreign corporation (as determined under section 7874(a)(2)(B) by substituting “September 20, 2021” for “March

the term "covered synthetic drug" has the meaning given that term in section 5558 of the FENTANYL Results Act.

The term “covered system” means— (A) a vehicle, weapon platform, or conventional weapon system that— (i) includes features designed to provide some degree of protection to users in

Covered Task Defined.—In this section, the term “covered task”— (1) with respect to a gas pipeline facility, has the meaning such term has under section 192.801 of title 49, Code o

The term "covered technology" means— (A) any goods, technology, software, or related material specified in the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex, as in effect on th

The term “covered technology category” means the following: (A) Advanced bulk materials. (B) Advanced manufacturing. (C) Autonomous mobile robots. (D) Battery storage. (E) Biochemi

The term "covered territorial instrumentality" means a territorial instrumentality designated by the Oversight Board pursuant to section 2121 of this title to be subject

For purposes of this subsection, the term “covered territories” means Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The term “covered territory” means a territory for which an Oversight Board has been established under section 2121 of this title .

In this chapter, the term “covered territory business” means a small business concern that has its principal office located in one of the following: (1) The United States Virgin Is

The term "covered territory mentor" means a mentor that enters into an agreement under this chapter, or under any mentor-protege program approved under subsection (b)(1),

The term "covered territory protege" means a protege of a covered territory mentor that is a covered territory business.

In this paragraph, the term "covered topic" means a topic covered under the curricula developed or identified under clause (i), (ii), or (iv) of section 10381(n)(1)(A) 1

The term “covered training entity” means an entity that— (A) is located in a State that borders on the— (i) Gulf of Mexico; (ii) Atlantic Ocean; (iii) Long Island Sound; (iv) Pacif

The term “covered transaction” means— (i) any open market transaction with a nongovernmental third party conducted under section 353 of this title or section 354, 355, or 356 of th

The term "covered transmission project" means a high-voltage interstate or offshore electricity transmission line— (A) that is proposed to be constructed and to operate—

The term "covered TRICARE-eligible individual" means an individual entitled to dental care under chapter 55 of title 10, pursuant to section 1076c of such title, who the

For purposes of this subsection, the term “covered unemployment compensation debt” means— (A) a past-due debt for erroneous payment of unemployment compensation due to fraud or the

The term “covered United States persons” means members of the Armed Forces of the United States, elected or appointed officials of the United States Government, and other persons e

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

The term “covered vegetation management activity” means any activity described in subparagraph (B) that— (i) (I) is carried out on National Forest System land administered by the F

The term "covered vehicle" means a passenger vehicle, light truck, or heavy truck.

Covered Vessel Defined.—In this section, the term "covered vessel" means any vessel of the Navy that is under construction on or after the date of the enactment of this s

The term “covered veteran” means an individual whose children are eligible for health care and benefits under this chapter. / The term "covered veteran" means a veteran w

The term “covered veterans” means veterans described in section 1703(b) of this title . / The term “covered veterans” means veterans described in section 1703(b) of this title .

Covered Veterans' Cemetery Defined.—In this section, the term "covered veterans' cemetery" means a veterans' cemetery— (1) in which a deceased veteran described in subsec

The term "covered voice communication" means a voice communication (including any related signaling information) that is generated— (A) from the placement of a call from

The term "covered voyage" means a voyage of— (i) a commercial passenger vessel which extends over 1 or more nights, or (ii) a commercial vessel transporting passengers en

Covered water heater.—The term "covered water heater" means— (I) a water heater; and (II) a storage water heater, instantaneous water heater, and unfired hot water storag

The term “covered water resource project” means a work of improvement carried out under any of the following: (A) This chapter. (B) Section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (Publ

The term "covered water resources development law" means— (A) the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014; (B) the Water Resources Development Act of 2016; (C)

The term “covered website” means the website established and maintained by the Director under subsection (b).

Covered work.—The term "covered work" means a literary work produced by a covered author in the course of employment at a covered institution for publication by a scholar

the terms "covered mortgage obligation", "covered operating expenditure", "covered property damage cost", "covered rent obligation", "c

In this section, the term "covered workforce activity" means an activity relating to— (1) recruitment or retention of the intelligence community workforce; or (2) diversi