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The term “covered work-study activities” means qualifying work-study activities described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (H), (I), or (J) of paragraph (5) for which an individual is pa

In this subparagraph, the term “covered year” means, with respect to the information required under clause (i), the year covered by the annual report submitted under subsection (b)

The term “covering practitioner” means, with respect to a patient, a practitioner who conducts a medical evaluation (other than an in-person medical evaluation) at the request of a

As used in this subchapter, the term “covert action” means an activity or activities of the United States Government to influence political, economic, or military conditions abroad

The term “covert agent” means— (A) a present or retired officer or employee of an intelligence agency or a present or retired member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty with an in

The term "COVID–19" means the 2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. / The term "COVID–19" means the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

The term “COVID–19 emergency” means the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020 under the Nation

In this title,1 the term “COVID–19 public health emergency”— (1) means the public health emergency first declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services

The term "CPI housing component" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor known as the Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consu

In this section, “CRAF-eligible aircraft” means aircraft of a type the Secretary of Defense has determined to be eligible to participate in the civil reserve air fleet.

“crash avoidance” means preventing or mitigating a crash;

“crashworthiness” means the protection a passenger motor vehicle gives its passengers against personal injury or death from a motor vehicle accident; and

the terms “credentialed” and “credentialing” mean having provided, or providing, respectively, documentation that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies the qualificat

the terms “credentialed” and “credentialing” mean having provided, or providing, respectively, documentation that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies the qualificat

The term "credentials verification organization" means an entity that manages the provider credentialing process and performs credentialing verification for non-Departmen

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “credible fear of persecution” means that there is a significant possibility, taking into account the credibility of the statements made

The term "credible information" includes all of the following: (A) Reports by the Department of State. (B) Reports of other Federal agencies, including the Department of

makes, draws, utters, or delivers any check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time that the maker or drawer has not or wil

For purposes of this part, the term "creditable coverage" means, with respect to an individual, coverage of the individual under any of the following: (A) A group health

The term "creditable foreign taxes" means, with respect to any distribution, any withholding tax imposed with respect to such distribution, but only if the taxpayer choos

The term “creditable health coverage” has the meaning given the term “creditable coverage” under section 2701(c) 2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg(c) ) and inclu

For purposes of this part, the term "creditable prescription drug coverage" means any of the following coverage, but only if the coverage meets the requirement of paragra

The term “credit allowance date” means, with respect to any issue, the last day of the 1-year period beginning on the date of issuance of such issue and the last day of each succes

For purposes of clause (i), the term “credit amount” means the sum of the products determined under clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (d)(2)(A).

The term “credit authority” means authority to incur direct loan obligations or to incur primary loan guarantee commitments.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "credit base" means— (i) the portion of the basis of any qualified rehabilitated building attributable to qualified rehabilitatio

The term “credit card” means any card, plate, coupon book or other credit device existing for the purpose of obtaining money, property, labor, or services on credit. / Credit; cred

the term “credit card system member” means a financial institution or other entity that is a member of a credit card system, including an entity, whether affiliated with or identic

For purposes of this subsection, the term “credit carryback” has the meaning given such term by section 6511(d)(4)(C). / For purposes of this paragraph, the term “credit carryback”

The term “credit counseling services” means— (i) the providing of educational information to the general public on budgeting, personal finance, financial literacy, saving and spend

The term “credit elsewhere” means— (1) for the purposes of this chapter (except as used in section 636(b) of this title ), the availability of credit on reasonable terms and condit

Credit facility.—The term "credit facility" means a program or facility, including any special purpose vehicle or other entity established by or on behalf of the Board of

“credit hours” means any hours, within a flexible schedule established under section 6122 of this title , which are in excess of an employee’s basic work requirement and which the

The term “creditor” means a person— (A) who— (i) is engaged in the business of extending consumer credit; and (ii) meets such additional criteria as are specified for such purpose

“creditor agency” means any agency owed a claim that seeks to collect that claim through administrative offset; and

The term “credit outstanding” includes— (I) any loan or extension of credit, (II) the issuance of a guarantee, acceptance, or letter of credit, including an endorsement or standby

For purposes of this section, the term “credit period” means, with respect to any building, the period of 10 taxable years beginning with— (A) the taxable year in which the buildin

The term “credit program account” means the budget account into which an appropriation to cover the cost of a direct loan or loan guarantee program is made and from which such cost

The term “credit rating” means an assessment of the creditworthiness of an obligor as an entity or with respect to specific securities or money market instruments.

The term “credit rating agency” means any person— (A) engaged in the business of issuing credit ratings on the Internet or through another readily accessible means, for free or for

For purposes of this subsection, the term “credit recapture” means any increase in tax under section 42(j) or 50(a).

The term “credit repair organization”— (A) means any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails to sell, provide, or perform (or represent that such pe

The term “credit sale” refers to any sale in which the seller is a creditor. The term includes any contract in the form of a bailment or lease if the bailee or lessee contracts to

In this subsection, the term “credit score” means a numerical value or a categorization created by a third party derived from a statistical tool or modeling system used by a person

The term “credit transfer agreement” means a formal agreement, such as an articulation agreement, among and between secondary and postsecondary education institutions or systems th

the term “credit union” has the meaning given the term in section 5301 of this title ; / The term “credit union” means a Federal credit union, State credit union, or State-chartere

the term “credit union organization” means any entity that— (A) is not a credit union; (B) is an entity in which an insured credit union may lawfully hold an ownership interest or

The term "CREP" means a conservation reserve enhancement program carried out under subsection (b)(1).

The term “crest facilities” means— (A) all facilities and developments located on the crest of Sandia Mountain, including the Sandia Crest Electronic Site; (B) electronic site acce

“crew” means any employee of a licensee or transferee, or of a contractor or subcontractor of a licensee or transferee, who performs activities in the course of that employment dir

For purposes of this chapter, the term “crew leader” means an individual who furnishes individuals to perform agricultural labor for another person, if such individual pays (either

The term “crewman” means a person serving in any capacity on board a vessel or aircraft.

The term "crewmember" has the meaning given such term in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). / The term “crewmember” means an

The term “color rendering index” or “CRI” means the measure of the degree of color shift objects undergo when illuminated by a light source as compared with the color of those same

In this subsection, the term “crib” includes— (A) new and used cribs; (B) full-sized or nonfull-sized cribs; and (C) portable cribs and crib-pens.

In this section, the term "crib bumper"— (1) means any material that is intended to cover the sides of a crib to prevent injury to any crib occupant from impacts against

Any alien who at any time after admission is convicted of a crime of domestic violence, a crime of stalking, or a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment is depor

As used in this section, the term “crime of violence” has the meaning given that term in section 16 of title 18 . / The term “crime of violence” has the meaning given such term in

the term "crime of violence motivated by gender" means a crime of violence committed because of gender or on the basis of gender, and due, at least in part, to an animus

Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring di

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “crime victim” means the person against whom the State offense is committed or, if that person is killed or incapacitated, that person’s fa

the term “criminal drug statute” means a criminal statute involving manufacture, distribution, dispensation, use, or possession of any controlled substance; / The term “criminal dr

In this section, “criminal history information” means the following information with respect to any juvenile or adult arrest, citation, or conviction of any person referred to in s

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "criminal history record check" means a national background check of criminal history records of the Federal Bureau of Investigat

In this section, the terms "agency", "criminal history record information", and "suspension" have the meanings given the terms in section 9201 of titl

the term “criminal investigator” means a law enforcement officer as defined under section 5541(3) (other than an officer occupying a position under title II of Public Law 99–399, s

"criminal justice" means activities pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction, or the enforcement of the criminal law, including, but not limited to, police e

The term “criminal justice agency” means (A) any Federal, State, or local court, and (B) any Federal, State, or local agency, or any subunit thereof, which performs the administrat

the term “criminally derived property” means any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained from a criminal offense; and

“criminal offender” means any individual who is charged with or convicted of any criminal offense; and / the term “criminal offender” means any individual who is charged with or co

The term “criminal offense” means a State, local, tribal, foreign, or military offense (to the extent specified by the Secretary of Defense under section 115(a)(8)(C)(i) of Public

The term “criminal offense against a victim who is a minor” means any criminal offense in a range of offenses specified by State law which is comparable to or which exceeds the fol

The term "criminal offense involving dishonesty"— (i) means an offense under which an individual, directly or indirectly— (I) cheats or defrauds; or (II) wrongfully takes

The term "criminal or juvenile justice agency" means an agency of a State or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for detection, arrest, enforcem

The terms “civil action” and “criminal prosecution” include any proceeding (whether or not ancillary to another proceeding) to the extent that in such proceeding a judicial order,

the term "crises intervention services" means counseling to provide emotional support in crises arising from the occurrence of crime; and / the term “crises intervention

the term "crisis intervention team" means a collaborative, interdisciplinary team that brings together specially trained law enforcement officers, mental health providers

The term "crisis residential care" means crisis stabilization care provided— (A) in a residential setting; and (B) in a facility other than a hospital.

The term "crisis stabilization care" includes, with respect to an individual in acute suicidal crisis, care that ensures, to the extent practicable, immediate safety and

For purposes of this section, the term “critical aquifer protection area” means either of the following: (1) All or part of an area located within an area for which an application

In this subsection, the term “critical capabilities” means the financial statement audit priorities designated by the Secretary of Defense for the fiscal year in which the report i

The term "critical component" means any of the following: (A) A common missile compartment component. (B) A spherical air flask. (C) An air induction diesel exhaust valve

The term "critical conservation area" means a geographical area that contains a critical conservation condition that can be addressed through the program.

The term “critical control point” means a point, step, or procedure in a food process at which control can be applied and is essential to prevent or eliminate a food safety hazard

The term “critical cost growth threshold” means the following: (A) In the case of a major defense acquisition program or designated major defense subprogram, a percentage increase

The term "critical economic security domain" means any infrastructure, industry, technology, or intellectual property (or combination thereof) that is essential for the e

The term "critical electric infrastructure" means a system or asset of the bulk-power system, whether physical or virtual, the incapacity or destruction of which would ne

The term "critical electric infrastructure information" means information related to critical electric infrastructure, or proposed critical electrical infrastructure, gen

The term “critical food” means a food that is— (1) an infant formula; or (2) a medical food, as defined in section 360ee(b)(3) of this title .

Except as otherwise provided, the term “critical foreign language” means each of the languages contained in the list of critical languages designated by the Secretary in the Federa

The term “critical infrastructure” has the meaning given that term in section 5195c(e) of title 42 . / The term “critical infrastructure” has the meaning given the term in subsecti

The term “critical infrastructure information” means information not customarily in the public domain and related to the security of critical infrastructure or protected systems— (

The term “critical infrastructure protection program” means any component or bureau of a covered Federal agency that has been designated by the President or any agency head to rece

The term “critical infrastructure sectors” means the following sectors, in both urban and rural areas: (A) Agriculture and food. (B) Banking and finance. (C) Chemical industries. (

The term "critical manufacturing industry"— (A) means an industry, industry group, or a set of related industries or related industry groups— (i) assigned a North America

The term "critical material" means— (A) any non-fuel mineral, element, substance, or material that the Secretary of Energy determines— (i) has a high risk of a supply cha

The term "critical material or mineral" means a material or mineral that serves an essential function in the manufacturing of a product and has a high risk of a supply di

The term "critical material recycling" means the separation and recovery of critical materials embedded within an energy storage system through physical or chemical means

Critical mineral.—The term "critical mineral" means any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by the Secretary under section 1606(c) of this tit

In this section, the terms “critical mineral” and “critical mineral or metal” include any host mineral of a critical mineral (within the meaning of those terms in section 1606 of t