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  • The term “exotic bird”— (A) means any live or dead member of the class Aves that is not indigenous to the 50 States or the District of Columbia, including any egg or offspring ther

  • For purposes of this section, the terms “expanded” and “expansion” mean any alteration of the physical structure of the prison complex that is made to increase the number of inmate

  • The term “expanded affiliated group” means an affiliated group as defined in section 1504(a) of title 26 (without regard to section 1504(b) of such title), except that section 1504

  • The term "expanded amenity recreation fee" means the recreation fee authorized by section 6802(g) of this title.

  • The term “expanded learning time” means using a longer school day, week, or year schedule to significantly increase the total number of school hours, in order to include additional

  • The term “Reservation” or “Expanded Reservation” means the Existing Reservation and the lands added to the Existing Reservation in accordance with section 941j of this title, which

  • The term "expanded uses" means the following activities: (A) The maintenance dredging of a berth in a harbor that is accessible to a Federal navigation project and that b

  • For purposes of this section, the terms “expanded” and “expansion” mean any alteration of the physical structure of the prison complex that is made to increase the number of inmate

  • The term “expansion State” means a State that, beginning on January 1, 2014, or on any date thereafter, elects to provide medical assistance to all individuals described in section

  • “ex parte communication” means an oral or written communication not on the public record with respect to which reasonable prior notice to all parties is not given, but it shall not

  • The term “expatriate” means— (A) any United States citizen who relinquishes his citizenship, and (B) any long-term resident of the United States who ceases to be a lawful permanent

  • The term “expatriated corporation” means any corporation which is an expatriated entity (as defined in section 7874(a)(2)). Such term includes any predecessor or successor of such

  • The term “expatriated entity” has the meaning given such term by section 7874(a)(2)(A). / The term “expatriated entity” means— (i) the domestic corporation or partnership referred

  • The term "expatriate health insurance issuer" means a health insurance issuer that issues expatriate health plans.

  • The term “expatriate health plan” means a group health plan, health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan, or health insurance coverage offered to a gro

  • The term “expatriation date” means, with respect to a corporation, the date on which the corporation first becomes an expatriated corporation. / The term “expatriation date” means—

  • the term "expected forgiveness amount" means the amount of principal that a lender reasonably expects a borrower to expend during the covered period on the sum of any— (A

  • The term “expected service life” means the number of years a naval vessel is expected to be in service. / The term "expected service life" means the number of years a nav

  • The term "Expedited Permitting Process" means a Puerto Rico Agency's alternate procedures, conditions, and terms mirroring those established under Act 76 (3 L.P.R.A. 1932

  • The term “expenditure” includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or n

  • In this subparagraph, the term “expenditure from personal funds” means— (I) an expenditure made by a candidate using personal funds; and (II) a contribution or loan made by a candi

  • The term “expenditures” has the meaning given to such term by section 271(b)(3).

  • Expenses Defined.—In this section, the term "expenses" means expenses for class room instruction, hands-on training (and associated materials), manuals, study guides and

  • The term “expenses incurred” means all expenses shown on the annual statement approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and shall be computed as follows: To

  • The term “experience-rated refund” means any refund or credit based on the experience of the contract or group involved.

  • The term “experimental aerospace vehicle” means an object intended to be flown in, or launched into, orbital or suborbital flight for the purpose of demonstrating technologies nece

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “experimental population” means any population (including any offspring arising solely therefrom) authorized by the Secretary for release

  • Definition.—In this section, the term "experimental vessel" means a vessel owned by the United States Government (including a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

  • the term “expert advice or assistance” means advice or assistance derived from scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term "expiration date" means the date established through appropriate stability testing required by the regulations issued by the Sec

  • the term "exploitation" means the fraudulent or otherwise illegal, unauthorized, or improper act or process of an individual, including a caregiver or a fiduciary, that—

  • For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "exploited child" means a minor with respect to whom there is reason to believe that a specified offense against a minor (as d

  • The term “exploration” means any activity, including logistic support, the purpose of which is the identification or evaluation of specific mineral resource deposits. The term incl

  • The term “exploratory activity” means surface geological exploration or seismic exploration, or both, for oil and gas within the coastal plain.

  • “explosive” has the meaning given in section 844(j) of this title insofar that it is designed, or has the capability, to cause death, serious bodily injury, or substantial material

  • The term “explosive material” means explosives, blasting agents, and detonators. / “explosive material” has the meaning given the term in section 841(c) and includes explosive as d

  • “Explosive materials” means explosives, blasting agents, and detonators.

  • The term “explosive ordnance” has the meaning given such term in section 283(d) of this title .

  • The term "explosive ordnance disposal" means the detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, exploitation, recovery, and final disposal of explosive or

  • The term “explosive or incendiary device” has the meaning given the term in section 232(5) and includes explosive materials, as that term is defined in section 841(c) and explosive

  • Explosives.—The term "explosives" has the meaning given that term in section 841(d) of title 18.

  • For purposes of this section, the term “explosives detection canine team” means a canine and a canine handler that are trained to detect explosives, radiological materials, chemica

  • The terms “export” and “exportation” mean to move from, or the act of movement from, the United States to any place outside the United States. / The term “export” means to move fro

  • In this subsection, the term “Export Administration Regulations” means— (A) the Export Administration Regulations as maintained and amended under the authority of the International

  • the term “Export Assistance Center” means a one-stop shop for United States exporters established by the United States and Foreign Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce

  • The terms “export” and “exportation” mean to move from, or the act of movement from, the United States to any place outside the United States. / The terms “export”, “exported”, and

  • The term “export charges” means any tax, charge, or other fee collected by the country from which softwood lumber or a softwood lumber product, described in section 1683b(a) of thi

  • the term “export development activity” includes— (I) obtaining a standby letter of credit when required as a bid bond, performance bond, or advance payment guarantee; (II) particip

  • The terms “export”, “exported”, and “exportation” include shipments to a possession of the United States.

  • the term “export education” means educating, teaching and training to provide general knowledge and specific skills pertinent to the selling of goods and services to other countrie

  • the term “export elevator” means any grain elevator, warehouse, or other storage or handling facility in the United States as determined by the Secretary, from which grain is shipp

  • The term “exporter” means any person who exports honey or honey products from the United States. / The term “exporter” means any person who exports domestic live sheep or greasy wo

  • The term "exporter or producer" means the exporter of the subject merchandise, the producer of the subject merchandise, or both where appropriate. For purposes of section

  • the term “export finance specialist” means a full-time equivalent employee of the Office assigned to an Export Assistance Center to carry out the duties described in subsection (e)

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “export financing interest” means any interest derived from financing the sale (or other disposition) for use or consumption outside the Un

  • the term “export grain” means grain for shipment from the United States to any place outside thereof;

  • The term “exporting authority” means 1 or more entities designated by a Participant from whose territory a shipment of rough diamonds is being exported as having the authority to v

  • the term “export port location” means a commonly recognized port of export in the United States or Canada, as determined by the Secretary, from which grain produced in the United S

  • The term "export price" means the price at which the subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) before the date of importation by the producer or exporter o

  • the term “export promotion data system” means the data system known as the Commercial Information Management System which is maintained and operated by the United States and Foreig

  • For purposes of this subpart, the term “export promotion expenses” means the following expenses paid or incurred in the receipt or production of export trade income— (1) a reasonab

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the term “export promotion program” means any activity of the Department of Commerce designed to stimulate or assist United States businesses in ma

  • For purposes of this subpart, the term “export property” means any property or any interest in property manufactured, produced, grown, or extracted in the United States. / For purp

  • The term “export targeting” means any government plan or scheme consisting of a combination of coordinated actions (whether carried out severally or jointly) that are bestowed on a

  • the term “export trade” means trade or commerce in goods or services produced in the United States which are exported, or in the course of being exported, from the United States to

  • the term “export trade activities” means activities or agreements in the course of export trade,

  • For purposes of this subpart, the term “export trade assets” means— (1) working capital reasonably necessary for the production of export trade income, (2) inventory of export prop

  • For purposes of this subpart, the term “export trade corporation” means— (1) A controlled foreign corporation (as defined in section 957) which satisfies the following conditions:

  • For the purposes of this subpart, the term “export trade income” means net income from— (1) the sale to an unrelated person for use, consumption, or disposition outside the United

  • the term “export trade services” includes, but is not limited to, consulting, international market research, advertising, marketing, insurance (other than acting as principal, agen

  • the term “export trading company” means a company which does business under the laws of the United States or any State, which is exclusively engaged in activities related to intern

  • “Export warehouse” means a bonded internal revenue warehouse for the storage of tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes or any processed tobacco, upon which the internal reve

  • “Export warehouse proprietor” means any person who operates an export warehouse.

  • The term "exposed" includes— (i) directly experiencing or witnessing an event; or (ii) being subjected, in an intense way, to aversive consequences of the event (includin

  • As used in this subsection, the term “exposure assessment” means an assessment to determine the extent of exposure of, or potential for exposure of, individuals to petroleum from a

  • As updated from time to time in accordance with paragraph (3), the term “exposure-related cancer” means— (i) bladder cancer; (ii) brain cancer; (iii) breast cancer; (iv) cervical c

  • The term "exposure tracking record system"— (A) means any system, program, or pilot program used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense to track

  • “express consent” means consent in writing, including consent conveyed electronically that bears an electronic signature as defined in section 106(5) of Public Law 106–229.

  • In this paragraph, the term “Express Lane agency” means a public agency that— (I) is determined by the State Medicaid agency or the State CHIP agency (as applicable) to be capable

  • The term “express lender” means any lender authorized by the Administration to participate in the Express Loan Program.

  • The term “express loan” means any loan made pursuant to this paragraph in which a lender utilizes to the maximum extent practicable its own loan analyses, procedures, and documenta

  • The term “Express Loan Program” means the program for express loans established by the Administration under paragraph (25)(B), as in existence on April 5, 2004, with a guarantee ra

  • the term “expropriation” includes, but is not limited to, any abrogation, repudiation, or impairment by a foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or a

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “extended active duty” means any period of active duty pursuant to a call or order to such duty for a period in excess of 90 days or for a

  • The term “extended care services” means the following items and services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility and (except as provided in paragraphs (3), (6), and

  • The term “extended duty” means any period of active duty pursuant to a call or order to such duty for a period in excess of 90 days or for an indefinite period.

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “extended low-income housing commitment” means any agreement between the taxpayer and the housing credit agency— (i) which requires that th

  • In this part, subject to subparagraph (B), the term “extended-monopoly drug” means, with respect to an initial price applicability year, a selected drug for which at least 12 years

  • The term “extended period of time” means a period that is normally 1 year, but not less than 6 months.

  • The term “extended services” means ongoing support services and other appropriate services, needed to support and maintain an individual with a most significant disability in suppo

  • For purposes of this section, the term “extended trails” means trails or trail segments which total at least one hundred miles in length, except that historic trails of less than o

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “extended use period” means the period— (i) beginning on the 1st day in the compliance period on which such building is part of a qualified

  • The term “extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate” means the fraction— (i) the denominator of which consists of the number of students who form the original cohort of enterin

  • The term “extension” means the informal education programs conducted in the States in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture.

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “extension disapproval resolution” means a resolution of either House of the Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which

  • Extension of a Program.—In this chapter, the term "extension of a program" means, with respect to a major automated information system program or other major information

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “extension of credit” shall have the meaning prescribed by the Board pursuant to section 375b of this title , and the term “executive offic

  • The term “extension of protection” means the protection resulting from an international registration that extends to the United States at the request of the holder of the internati

  • The term “extension program” means the rural electronic commerce extension program established under subsection (b) of this section.

  • The term “extent of growth lag” means the number of persons who would have been residents in a metropolitan city or urban county, in excess of the current population of such metrop