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  • In this section, the term “financial management position” means a position or group of positions (including civilian and military positions), as designated by the Secretary for pur

  • The term “financial market utility” means any person that manages or operates a multilateral system for the purpose of transferring, clearing, or settling payments, securities, or

  • The term "financial, material, or technological support" has the meaning given such term in section 542.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding

  • Financial obligation.—The term “financial obligation” means any note, bond, debenture, or other debt obligation issued by an obligor in connection with the financing of an aircraft

  • “financial or administrative function” has the meaning provided in section 101(20)(H)(ii) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U

  • “financial organization” means any savings and loan association, building and loan association, credit union, or investment company engaged in business in the United States.

  • The term “financial participant” means— (A) an entity that, at the time it enters into a securities contract, commodity contract, swap agreement, repurchase agreement, or forward c

  • The term “financial plan” means a plan of services provided by each Bureau school.

  • the term “financial product” means a security, an insurance product (including an insurance product that pays a return, whether fixed or variable), a bank product, and a loan produ

  • The term “financial product or service” has the meaning given the term in section 5481 of this title . / The term “financial product or service” means— (i) extending credit and ser

  • The term “financial protection” means the ability to respond in damages for public liability and to meet the costs of investigating and defending claims and settling suits for such

  • “financial record” means an original of, a copy of, or information known to have been derived from, any record held by a financial institution pertaining to a customer's relationsh

  • The term “financial requirement” includes deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket expenses, but excludes an aggregate lifetime limit and an annual limit subject to

  • The term “financial responsibility rules” means the rules and regulations of the Commission or the rules and regulations prescribed by any self-regulatory organization relating to

  • In this section, the term “financial services” includes the following: (1) Life insurance, casualty insurance, and other insurance. (2) Investments in securities or financial instr

  • The term “financial services group” means any affiliated group (as defined in section 1504(a) without regard to paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1504(b)) which is predominantly en

  • Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, the term “financial services income” means any income which is received or accrued by any person predominantly engaged in the act

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term "financial statement net operating loss" means the amount of the net loss (if any) set forth on the corporation's applicable fin

  • The term “financial subsidiary” has the meaning given the term in section 24a(g) of this title . / The term “financial subsidiary” means any company that is controlled by 1 or more

  • For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “financial transaction” includes— (i) funds transfers; (ii) securities contracts; (iii) contracts of sale of a commodity for future d

  • the term “financial transaction data” means the structure and legal description of a financial contract, with sufficient detail to describe the rights and obligations between count

  • Financial transaction provider.—The term "financial transaction provider" means a creditor, credit card issuer, financial institution, operator of a terminal at which an

  • The term “financial transition period” means a period beginning on October 1, 1985, and terminating on October 1, 1991.

  • The term “financing account” means the non-budget account or accounts associated with each credit program account which holds balances, receives the cost payment from the credit pr

  • FinCENdefined inU.S. Code

    The term “FinCEN” means the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury.

  • The term “FinCEN identifier” means the unique identifying number assigned by FinCEN to a person under this section.

  • “finding of discrimination” means a decision by the Secretary about a complaint described in section 6716(b), a decision by a State or local administrative agency, or other informa

  • The term "finding of no significant impact" has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). / The t

  • The term “finding of patient or resident abuse” means any substantiated finding by a State agency under section 1819(g)(1)(C) or 1919(g)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C

  • The term “finished dosage form” means— (A) a drug product in the form in which it will be administered to a patient, such as a tablet, capsule, solution, or topical application; (B

  • The term “finished good” means any good or product (other than a panel) containing— (i) hardwood plywood; (ii) particleboard; or (iii) medium-density fiberboard.

  • the term "finished product" means any article which is usable for its intended functions without being imbedded or integrated into any other product, but in no case shall

  • The term “firearm” means any weapon which is designed to or may readily be converted to expel any projectile by the action of an explosive; or the frame or receiver of any such wea

  • The terms “firearm silencer” and “firearm muffler” mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, des

  • The terms “firearm silencer” and “firearm muffler” mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, des

  • the term "firearms offenses" means an offense under section 922 or 924 of title 18;

  • Firearms training facility.—The term "firearms training facility" means a private or government-owned gun range approved by the Administrator to provide recurrent or requ

  • the term “firearms use” means an offense that has as its elements those described in section 924(c) or 929(a), if the firearm was brandished, discharged, or otherwise used as a wea

  • The term “fire control or fire rescue equipment” includes any fire vehicle, fire fighting tool, communications equipment, protective gear, fire hose, or breathing apparatus.

  • the terms "chaplain", "firefighter", "law enforcement officer", "member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew", and "public agency"

  • Firefighting agency.—The term “firefighting agency” means any volunteer, paid, or combined departments that provide fire and emergency medical services.

  • The term “firefighting personnel” means individuals, including volunteers, who are firefighters, officers of fire departments, or emergency medical service personnel of fire depart

  • The term “fireman” means any member of a fire department (including a volunteer fire department) of any State, any political subdivision of a State, or the District of Columbia.

  • The term “fire organization” means any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association maintaining fire protection facilities within the United States, its Terr

  • The term “fire protection” includes personal services and equipment required for fire prevention, the protection of life and property from fire,,1 fire fighting, and emergency serv

  • The term “fire regime I” means an area— (A) in which historically there have been low-severity fires with a frequency of 0 through 35 years; and (B) that is located primarily in lo

  • The term “fire regime II” means an area— (A) in which historically there are stand replacement severity fires with a frequency of 0 through 35 years; and (B) that is located primar

  • The term “fire regime III” means an area— (A) in which historically there are mixed severity fires with a frequency of 35 through 100 years; and (B) that is located primarily in fo

  • the term “fire safety equipment” means any device or facility which is designed to reduce the risk of personal injury or property damage resulting from fire and is in conformity wi

  • “fire service” means any organization in any State consisting of personnel, apparatus, and equipment which has as its purpose protecting property and maintaining the safety and wel

  • For purposes of this part, the term “firm” includes an individual proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation (including a development corporation), busine

  • “Firm energy” and “allottees” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in regulations promulgated before July 19, 1940, by the Secretary and in effect on July 19, 1940;

  • The term “firm offer of credit or insurance” means any offer of credit or insurance to a consumer that will be honored if the consumer is determined, based on information in a cons

  • The term "first applicable registration" means the first registration or renewal of registration by a qualified practitioner under this section that occurs on or after th

  • As used in this subsection, the term “first applicant” means an applicant that, on the first day on which a substantially complete application containing a certification described

  • The term “first approved applicant” means any applicant that has submitted an application that— (AA) is for a competitive generic therapy that is approved on the first day on which

  • In this subsection, the term “first assistant to the position of Inspector General” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).2 / In t

  • “first carrier” means the first carrier transporting a loaded container or trailer in intermodal transportation.

  • The term “first certified title status report” means the title status report needed to verify title status on Indian land.

  • The term “first cost reporting period” means, with respect to a skilled nursing facility, the first cost reporting period of the facility beginning on or after July 1, 1998.

  • The term "first coverage year" means, with respect to a group health plan and an item or service for which coverage is not offered in 2019 under such plan or coverage, th

  • The term “first credit year” means— (A) the taxable year which includes the date that the eligible employer plan to which such costs relate becomes effective with respect to the el

  • The term “first crop” means the first crop of the first agricultural commodity planted for harvest, or prevented from being planted, on specific acreage during a crop year and insu

  • The term “first domestic processing” means each domestic processing, including each processing of successive domestic processings, of sugar beets, sugarcane, or raw sugar, which di

  • The term “first-generation college student” has the meaning given the term in section 1070a–11(h) of this title .

  • The term “first handler” means the first person who buys or takes possession of pecans from a grower for marketing. If a grower markets pecans directly to consumers, such grower sh

  • As used in paragraph (1), the term “first month of such taxable year” means the earliest month in such year to which the charging of excess earnings described in such paragraph is

  • The term “first mortgage” means such classes of first liens as are commonly given to secure advances on, or the unpaid purchase price of, real estate or a first or subordinate lien

  • The term “first payment year” means, with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional, the first year for which an incentive payment is made for

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “first purchaser” means a person acquiring peanuts from a producer except that in the case of peanuts forfeited by a producer to the Commo

  • the term "first responder" means a "public safety officer" as defined in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U

  • The term "first responder agency" means a Federal, State, local, or Tribal agency that employs or otherwise engages the services of a first responder.

  • The term “First Responder Network Authority” means the First Responder Network Authority established under section 1424 of this title .

  • The term “first retail sale” means the first sale, for a purpose other than for resale or leasing in a long-term lease, after production, manufacture, or importation.

  • The term “first sale” means any sale of any volume of natural gas— (i) to any interstate pipeline or intrastate pipeline; (ii) to any local distribution company; (iii) to any perso

  • The term “first segment rate” means, with respect to any month, the single rate of interest which shall be determined by the Secretary for such month on the basis of the corporate

  • The term “first sufficient information year” means, with respect to a group health plan— (aa) in the case of an item or service for which the plan does not have sufficient informat

  • The term "first tier subcontractor" means a subcontractor who has a subcontract directly with the prime contractor.

  • For purposes of this subchapter, the term “first tier tax” means any tax imposed by subsection (a) of section 4941, 4942, 4943, 4944, 4945, 4951, 4952, 4955, 4958, 4966, 4967, 4971

  • The term “first-time farmer” means any individual if such individual— (I) has not at any time had any direct or indirect ownership interest in substantial farmland in the operation

  • The term “first-time homebuyer” means an individual who— (i) (and whose spouse) has had no ownership in a principal residence during the 3-year period ending on the date of purchas

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “first-time homeowner” means— (A) a family, no member of which has had a present ownership interest in a principal residence during the 3

  • the term “first-time violation” means a violation by a small business concern of a federally enforceable rule or regulation (other than a Federal rule or regulation that relates to

  • The term "First Tranche Amount" means, with respect to each metropolitan city for which an amount is allocated under subsection (b)(1), each State for which an amount is

  • In this section, the term “fiscal agent” means a carrier described in section 1395u(f)(1) 1 of this title and includes, with respect to contracts under subsection (a)(1)(A), an Ind

  • “fiscal distress” means a jurisdiction other than a State that satisfies 1 of the distress criteria set forth in paragraph (3); and

  • The term "Fiscal Plan" means a Territory Fiscal Plan or an Instrumentality Fiscal Plan, as applicable.

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “fiscal year” means the 12-month period ending on September 30 of the designated year. / The term “fiscal year” means a fiscal year establi

  • The term “fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation” means the maximum annual amount of Department of Defense contributions for common-funded budgets of NATO that is set forth as the an

  • The term “fiscal year 2000 level of activities” means— (A) with respect to public and nonprofit private agency and organization grantees that operate under this subchapter under na

  • The term “fiscal year 2009 grant funds” means the amount appropriated under section 5106h of this title for fiscal year 2009, and not reserved under section 5106h(a)(2) of this tit

  • The terms “plan year” and “fiscal year of the plan” mean, with respect to a plan, the calendar, policy, or fiscal year on which the records of the plan are kept.

  • The term “fish” means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal and plant life other than marine mammals and birds. / The term “fish” includes any highly

  • The term “fish and fish products” means any aquatic species (including marine mammals and plants) and all products thereof exported from a nation, whether or not taken by fishing v

  • The term “fish and wildlife” means wild vertebrate animals that are in an unconfined state, including, but not limited to, nongame fish and wildlife. / The term “fish and wildlife”

  • Fisher House Defined.—In this section, the term “Fisher house” means a housing facility that— (1) is located in proximity to a medical treatment facility of the Army, the Air Force

  • In this title, the term “fisheries” includes processing, storing, transporting (except in foreign commerce), planting, cultivating, catching, taking, or harvesting fish, shellfish,

  • Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term "fisheries resources" means all fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and other marine species caught by a fishing vessel within t

  • The term “Fisher Suite” means one or more rooms that— (A) meet the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1); (B) are constructed, altered, or repaired and donated

  • The term “fishery” means— (A) one or more stocks of fish which can be treated as a unit for purposes of conservation and management and which are identified on the basis of geograp