§ 334.1 Purpose
§ 334.2 Definitions
§ 334.3 Special policies
§ 334.4 Establishment and amendment procedures
§ 334.5 Disestablishment of a danger zone
§ 334.6 Datum
§ 334.10 v2 Gulf of Maine off Seal Island, Maine; naval aircraft bombing target area
§ 334.20 v2 Gulf of Maine off Cape Small, Maine; naval aircraft practice mining range area
§ 334.30 v2 Gulf of Maine off Pemaquid Point, Maine; naval sonobuoy test area
§ 334.40 v2 Atlantic Ocean in vicinity of Duck Island, Maine, Isles of Shoals; naval aircraft bombing target area
§ 334.45 Kennebec River, Bath Iron Works Shipyard, naval restricted area, Bath, Maine
§ 334.50 v2 Piscataqua River at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine; restricted areas
§ 334.60 v2 Cape Cod Bay south of Wellfleet Harbor, Mass.; naval aircraft bombing target area
§ 334.70 Buzzards Bay, and adjacent waters, Mass.; danger zones for naval operations
§ 334.75 Thames River, Naval Submarine Base New London, restricted area
§ 334.80 Narragansett Bay, RI; restricted area
§ 334.81 Narragansett Bay, East Passage, Coddington Cove, Naval Station Newport, naval restricted area, Newport, Rhode Island
§ 334.82 Narragansett Bay, East Passage, Coasters Harbor Island, Naval Station Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, restricted area
§ 334.85 New York Harbor, adjacent to the Stapleton Naval Station, Staten Island, New York; restricted area
§ 334.100 v3 Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, N.J.; Coast Guard Rifle Range
§ 334.102 Sandy Hook Bay, Naval Weapons Station EARLE, Piers and Terminal Channel, restricted area, Middletown, New Jersey
§ 334.110 Delaware Bay off Cape Henlopen, Del.; naval restricted area
§ 334.120 Delaware Bay off Milford Neck; naval aircraft bombing target area
§ 334.130 Atlantic Ocean off Wallops Island and Chincoteague Inlet, Va.; danger zone
§ 334.140 Chesapeake Bay; U.S. Army Proving Ground Reservation, Aberdeen, Md
§ 334.145 Curtis Creek and Arundel Cove, U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Baltimore; restricted area
§ 334.150 Severn River at Annapolis, Md.; experimental test area, U.S. Navy Marine Engineering Laboratory
§ 334.155 Severn River, Naval Station Annapolis, Small Boat Basin, Annapolis, MD; naval restricted area
§ 334.160 Severn River, at U.S. Naval Academy Santee Basin, Annapolis, Md.; naval restricted area
§ 334.170 Chesapeake Bay, in the vicinity of Chesapeake Beach, Md.; firing range, Naval Research Laboratory
§ 334.180 Patuxent River, Md.; restricted areas, U.S. Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Md
§ 334.190 Chesapeake Bay, in vicinity of Bloodsworth Island, MD, U.S. Navy
§ 334.200 v3 Chesapeake Bay, Point Lookout to Cedar Point; aerial and surface firing range and target area, U.S. Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, danger zones
§ 334.210 Chesapeake Bay, in vicinity of Tangier Island; naval guided missiles test operations area
§ 334.220 Chesapeake Bay, south of Tangier Island, Va.; naval firing range
§ 334.230 Potomac River
§ 334.235 Potomac River, Marine Corps Base Quantico (MCB Quantico) in vicinity of Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF), restricted area
§ 334.240 Potomac River, Mattawoman Creek and Chicamuxen Creek; U.S. Naval Surface Weapons Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md
§ 334.250 Gunston Cove, at Whitestone Point, Va.; U.S. Army restricted area
§ 334.260 York River, Va.; naval restricted areas
§ 334.270 York River adjacent to Cheatham Annex Depot, Naval Supply Center, Williamsburg, Va.; restricted area
§ 334.275 North and Southwest Branch, Back River, Hampton, U.S. Air Force Base, Langley, Va.; restricted area
§ 334.280 James River, Skiffes Creek and Warwick River surrounding Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; restricted areas and danger zones
§ 334.285 York River and the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown-Cheatham Annex, Yorktown, Virginia; danger zone
§ 334.290 Elizabeth River, Southern Branch, Va., naval restricted areas
§ 334.293 Elizabeth River, Craney Island Refueling Pier Restricted Area, Portsmouth VA; naval restricted area
§ 334.296 Elizabeth River, Deperming Station, Norfolk, VA, Restricted Area
§ 334.300 v3 Hampton Roads and Willoughby Bay, Norfolk Naval Base, naval restricted area, Norfolk, Virginia
§ 334.305 Little Creek Harbor, Fisherman’s Cove, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Little Creek, Virginia, Restricted Areas
§ 334.310 Chesapeake Bay, Lynnhaven Roads; navy amphibious training area
§ 334.320 Chesapeake Bay entrance; naval restricted area
§ 334.330 Atlantic Ocean and connecting waters in vicinity of Myrtle Island, Va.; Air Force practice bombing, rocket firing, and gunnery range
§ 334.340 Chesapeake Bay off Plumtree Island, Hampton, Va.; Air Force precision test area
§ 334.350 Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Va.; firing range danger zone
§ 334.360 Chesapeake Bay off Fort Monroe, Virginia; restricted area, U.S. Naval Base and Naval Surface Weapon Center
§ 334.370 Chesapeake Bay, Lynnhaven Roads; danger zones, U.S. Naval Amphibious Base
§ 334.380 Atlantic Ocean south of entrance to Chesapeake Bay off Dam Neck, Virginia; naval firing range
§ 334.390 Atlantic Ocean south of entrance to Chesapeake Bay; firing range
§ 334.400 v3 Atlantic Ocean south of entrance to Chesapeake Bay off Camp Pendleton, Virginia; naval restricted area
§ 334.405 South of entrance to Chesapeake Bay off Camp Pendleton, Virginia; firing range
§ 334.410 Albemarle Sound, Pamlico Sound, and adjacent waters, NC; danger zones for naval aircraft operations
§ 334.412 Albemarle Sound, Pamlico Sound, Harvey Point and adjacent waters, NC; restricted area
§ 334.420 Pamlico Sound and adjacent waters, N.C.; danger zones for Marine Corps operations
§ 334.430 Neuse River and tributaries at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina; restricted area and danger zone
§ 334.440 New River, N.C., and vicinity; Marine Corps firing ranges
§ 334.450 v2 Cape Fear River and tributaries at Sunny Point Army Terminal, Brunswick County, NC; restricted area
§ 334.460 Cooper River and tributaries at Charleston, SC
§ 334.470 Cooper River and Charleston Harbor, S.C.; restricted areas
§ 334.475 Brickyard Creek and tributaries and the Broad River at Beaufort, SC
§ 334.480 Archers Creek, Ribbon Creek, and Broad River; U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina; danger zones
§ 334.490 Atlantic Ocean off Georgia Coast; air-to-air and air-to-water gunnery and bombing ranges for fighter and bombardment aircraft, U.S. Air Force
§ 334.500 v3 St. Johns River, Atlantic Ocean, Sherman Creek; restricted areas and danger zone, Naval Station Mayport, Florida
§ 334.505 St. Johns River, U.S. Coast Guard Station Mayport, Sector Jacksonville, Florida; restricted area
§ 334.510 U.S. Navy Fuel Depot Pier, St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.515 Blount Island Command and Marine Corps Support Facility-Blount Island; Jacksonville, Florida restricted areas
§ 334.520 Lake George, Fla.; naval bombing area
§ 334.525 Atlantic Ocean off John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL; restricted area
§ 334.530 Canaveral Harbor adjacent to the Navy pier at Port Canaveral, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.540 Banana River at the Eastern Range, 45th Space Wing, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL; restricted area
§ 334.560 Banana River at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.570 Banana River near Orsino, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.580 Atlantic Ocean near Port Everglades, Fla
§ 334.590 Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Air Force missile testing area, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.595 Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral; 45th Space Wing, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL; restricted area
§ 334.600 v3 TRIDENT Basin adjacent to Canaveral Harbor at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Fla.; danger zone
§ 334.605 Meloy Channel, U.S. Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida; restricted area
§ 334.610 Key West Harbor, at U.S. Naval Base, Key West, Fla.; naval restricted areas and danger zone
§ 334.620 Straits of Florida and Florida Bay in vicinity of Key West, Fla.; operational training area, aerial gunnery range, and bombing and strafing target areas, Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla
§ 334.630 Tampa Bay south of MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; small-arms firing range and aircraft jettison, U.S. Air Force, MacDill Air Force Base
§ 334.635 Hillsborough Bay and waters contiguous to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.640 Gulf of Mexico south of Apalachee Bay, Fla.; Air Force rocket firing range
§ 334.650 Gulf of Mexico, south of St. George Island, Fla.; test firing range
§ 334.660 Gulf of Mexico and Apalachicola Bay south of Apalachicola, Fla., Drone Recovery Area, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.665 East Bay, St. Andrew Bay and St. Andrew Sound, enhanced threat restricted area, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
§ 334.670 Gulf of Mexico south and west of Apalachicola, San Blas, and St. Joseph bays; air-to-air firing practice range, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.680 Gulf of Mexico, southeast of St. Andrew Bay East Entrance, small-arms firing range, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.700 v2 Choctawhatchee Bay, aerial gunnery ranges, Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.710 The Narrows and Gulf of Mexico adjacent to Santa Rosa Island, Headquarters Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.720 Gulf of Mexico, south from Choctawhatchee Bay; Missile test area
§ 334.730 Waters of Santa Rosa Sound and Gulf of Mexico adjacent to Santa Rosa Island, Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.740 North Shore Choctawhatchee Bay, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla
§ 334.742 Eglin Camp Pinchot, Fla., at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.744 Eglin Poquito Housing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.746 U.S. Coast Guard, Destin Station at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.748 Wynnhaven Beach, Fla., at Eglin AFB; restricted area
§ 334.760 Naval Support Activity Panama City and Alligator Bayou, a tributary of St. Andrew Bay, Fla.; naval restricted area
§ 334.761 Naval Support Activity Panama City; St. Andrews Bay; restricted areas
§ 334.762 Naval Support Activity Panama City; North Bay and West Bay; restricted areas
§ 334.763 Naval Support Activity Panama City; Gulf of Mexico; restricted area
§ 334.770 Gulf of Mexico and St. Andrew Sound, south of East Bay, Fla., Tyndall Drone Launch Corridor, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.; restricted area
§ 334.775 Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola Bay, Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, Fla.; naval restricted area
§ 334.778 Pensacola Bay and waters contiguous to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL; restricted area
§ 334.780 Pensacola Bay, Fla.; seaplane restricted area
§ 334.781 Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, Mississippi; naval restricted area
§ 334.782 SUPSHIP Gulf Coast, Pascagoula, Mississippi, Detachment Mobile, Alabama at AUSTAL, USA, Mobile, Alabama; restricted area
§ 334.783 Arlington Channel, U.S. Coast Guard Base Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, Coast Guard restricted area
§ 334.784 East Pearl River, within the acoustic buffer area of the John C. Stennis Space Center, and adjacent to lands, in Hancock County, Mississippi; danger zone
§ 334.787 81st Security Forces Anti-Terrorism Office, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi; no anchorage restricted area
§ 334.790 Sabine River at Orange, Tex.; restricted area in vicinity of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center
§ 334.800 v2 Corpus Christi Bay, Tex.; seaplane restricted area, U.S. Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi
§ 334.802 Ingleside Naval Station, Ingleside, Texas; restricted area
§ 334.810 v2 Holston River at Holston Ordnance Works, Kingsport, Tenn.; restricted area
§ 334.815 Menominee River, at the Marinette Marine Corporation Shipyard, Marinette, Wisconsin; naval restricted area
§ 334.820 v2 Lake Michigan; naval restricted area, U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill
§ 334.830 Lake Michigan; small-arms range adjacent to U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill
§ 334.840 Waters of Lake Michigan south of Northerly Island at entrance to Burnham Park Yacht Harbor, Chicago, Ill.; danger zone adjacent to airport on Northerly Island
§ 334.845 Wisconsin Air National Guard, Volk Field military exercise area located in Lake Michigan offshore from Manitowoc and Sheboygan Counties; danger zone
§ 334.850 v2 Lake Erie, west end, north of Erie Ordnance Depot, Lacarne, Ohio
§ 334.855 Salt River, Rolling Fork River, Otter Creek; U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Knox Military Reservation; Fort Knox, Kentucky; danger zone
§ 334.860 San Diego Bay, Calif., Naval Amphibious Base; restricted area
§ 334.865 Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, restricted area
§ 334.866 Pacific Ocean at Naval Base Coronado, in the City of Coronado, San Diego County, California; naval danger zone
§ 334.870 San Diego Harbor, Calif.; restricted area
§ 334.880 San Diego Harbor, Calif.; naval restricted area adjacent to Point Loma
§ 334.890 Pacific Ocean off Point Loma, Calif.; naval restricted area
§ 334.900 Pacific Ocean, U.S. Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; restricted area
§ 334.905 Pacific Ocean, offshore of Camp Pendleton, California; Fallbrook restricted area
§ 334.910 Pacific Ocean, Camp Pendleton Boat Basin, U.S. Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; restricted area
§ 334.920 Pacific Ocean off the east coast of San Clemente Island, Calif.; naval restricted area
§ 334.921 Pacific Ocean at San Clemente Island, Calif.; naval restricted area
§ 334.930 Anaheim Bay Harbor, Calif.; Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach
§ 334.938 Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, San Pedro Bay, California; restricted area
§ 334.940 Pacific Ocean in vicinity of San Pedro, Calif.; practice firing range for U.S. Army Reserve, National Guard, and Coast Guard units
§ 334.950 Pacific Ocean at San Clemente Island, California; Navy shore bombardment areas
§ 334.960 Pacific Ocean, San Clemente Island, Calif.; naval danger zone off West Cove
§ 334.961 Pacific Ocean, San Clemente Island, California, naval danger zone off the northwest shore
§ 334.980 Pacific Ocean, around San Nicholas Island, Calif., naval restricted area
§ 334.990 Long Beach Harbor, Calif.; naval restricted area
§ 334.1010 San Francisco Bay in vicinity of Hunters Point; naval restricted area
§ 334.1020 v2 San Francisco Bay and Oakland Inner Harbor; restricted areas in vicinity of Naval Air Station, Alameda
§ 334.1030 Oakland Inner Harbor adjacent to Alameda Facility, Naval Supply Center, Oakland; restricted area
§ 334.1040 Oakland Harbor in vicinity of Naval Supply Center, Oakland; restricted area and navigation
§ 334.1050 Oakland Outer Harbor adjacent to the Military Ocean Terminal, Bay Area, Pier No. 8 (Port of Oakland Berth No. 10); restricted area
§ 334.1060 Oakland Outer Harbor adjacent to the Oakland Army Base; restricted area
§ 334.1065 U.S. Coast Guard Station, San Francisco Bay, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco Bay, California; restricted area
§ 334.1070 San Francisco Bay between Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island; naval restricted area
§ 334.1080 San Francisco Bay adjacent to northeast corner of Treasure Island; naval restricted area
§ 334.1090 San Francisco Bay in vicinity of the NSC Fuel Department, Point Molate restricted area
§ 334.1100 v2 San Pablo Bay, Carquinez Strait, and Mare Island Strait in vicinity of U.S. Naval Shipyard, Mare Island; restricted area
§ 334.1110 Military Ocean Terminal Concord; restricted area
§ 334.1120 Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Point Mugu, Calif.; naval small arms firing range
§ 334.1125 Pacific Ocean Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu, Small Arms Range, Ventura County, California; danger zone
§ 334.1126 Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California; restricted area
§ 334.1127 Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, California; restricted area
§ 334.1130 Pacific Ocean, Western Space and Missile Center (WSMC), Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; danger zones
§ 334.1140 Pacific Ocean at San Miguel Island, Calif.; naval danger zone
§ 334.1150 Monterey Bay, Calif
§ 334.1160 San Pablo Bay, Calif.; target practice area, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo
§ 334.1170 San Pablo Bay, Calif.; gunnery range, Naval Inshore Operations Training Center, Mare Island, Vallejo
§ 334.1175 Pacific Ocean, at Camp Rilea, Clatsop County, Oregon; danger zone
§ 334.1180 Strait of Juan de Fuca, Wash.; air-to-surface weapon range, restricted area
§ 334.1190 Hood Canal and Dabob Bay, Wash.; naval non-explosive torpedo testing area
§ 334.1200 v2 Strait of Juan de Fuca, eastern end; off the westerly shore of Whidbey Island; naval restricted areas
§ 334.1210 Admiralty Inlet, entrance; naval restricted area
§ 334.1215 Port Gardner, Everett Naval Base, naval restricted area, Everett, Washington
§ 334.1220 Hood Canal, Bangor; naval restricted areas
§ 334.1230 Port Orchard; naval restricted area
§ 334.1240 Sinclair Inlet; naval restricted areas
§ 334.1244 Puget Sound, Manchester Fuel Depot, Manchester, Washington; naval restricted area
§ 334.1250 Carr Inlet, naval restricted areas
§ 334.1260 Dabob Bay, Whitney Point; naval restricted area
§ 334.1270 Port Townsend, Indian Island, Walan Point; naval restricted area
§ 334.1275 West Arm Behm Canal, Ketchikan, Alaska, restricted areas
§ 334.1280 Bristol Bay, Alaska; air-to-air weapon range, Alaskan Air Command, U.S. Air Force
§ 334.1300 v2 Blying Sound area, Gulf of Alaska, Alaska; air-to-air gunnery practice area, Alaskan Air Command, U.S. Air Force
§ 334.1303 Navigable waters of Knik Arm within the explosive arc of the Six Mile Munitions Storage Area off the northeastern side of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; restricted area
§ 334.1305 Eagle River from Bravo Bridge to its mouth at Eagle Bay in Knik Arm, Richardson Training Area on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; restricted area
§ 334.1310 Lutak Inlet, Alaska; restricted areas
§ 334.1320 Kuluk Bay, Adak, Alaska; naval restricted area
§ 334.1325 United States Army Restricted Area, Kuluk Bay, Adak, Alaska
§ 334.1330 Bering Strait, Alaska; naval restricted area off Cape Prince of Wales
§ 334.1340 Pacific Ocean, Hawaii; danger zones
§ 334.1350 Pacific Ocean, Island of Oahu, Hawaii; danger zone
§ 334.1360 Pacific Ocean at Barber’s Point, Island of Oahu, Hawaii; danger zone
§ 334.1370 Pacific Ocean at Keahi Point, Island of Oahu, Hawaii; danger zone
§ 334.1380 Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Kaneohe Bay, Island of Oahu, Hawaii–Ulupau Crater Weapons Training Range; danger zone
§ 334.1390 Pacific Ocean off the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; danger zone
§ 334.1400 v2 Pacific Ocean, at Barbers Point, Island of Oahu, Hawaii; restricted area
§ 334.1410 Pacific Ocean, at Makapuu Point, Waimanalo, Island of Oahu, Hawaii, Makai Undersea Test Range
§ 334.1415 Pacific Ocean, adjacent to the Finegayan Small Arms Range at Naval Base Guam Telecommunication Site, on the northwestern coast of Guam; danger zone
§ 334.1420 Pacific Ocean off Orote Point, Apra Harbor, Island of Guam, Marianas Islands; small arms firing range
§ 334.1425 Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Mason Live-Fire Training Range Complex located at U.S. Marine Corps Base, Camp Blaz, on the northwestern coast of Guam; danger zone
§ 334.1430 Apra Inner Harbor, Island of Guam; restricted area
§ 334.1440 Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; missile testing area
§ 334.1450 v2 Atlantic Ocean off north coast of Puerto Rico; practice firing areas, U.S. Army Forces Antilles
§ 334.1460 Atlantic Ocean and Vieques Sound, in vicinity of Culebra Island; bombing and gunnery target area
§ 334.1470 Caribbean Sea and Vieques Sound, in vicinity of Eastern Vieques; bombing and gunnery target area
§ 334.1480 Vieques Passage and Atlantic Ocean, off east coast of Puerto Rico and coast of Vieques Island; naval restricted areas
§ 334.1490 Caribbean Sea, at St. Croix, V.I.; restricted areas

Terms Used In 33 CFR Part 334 - Danger Zone and Restricted Area Regulations

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • amounts required by law to be withheld: include amounts for deductions such as social security taxes and withholding taxes, but do not include any amount withheld pursuant to a court order. See 7 CFR 3.52
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Bureau: means the Bureau of Employees' Compensation, U. See 20 CFR 71.1
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • civilian American citizen: means any person who, being then a citizen of the United States, was captured by the Imperial Japanese Government on or after December 7, 1941, at Midway, Guam, Wake Island, the Philippine Islands, or any Territory or possession of the United States attacked or invaded by such government or while in transit to or from any such place, or who went into hiding at any such place in order to avoid capture or internment by such government; except (i) a person who at any time voluntarily gave aid to, collaborated with, or in any manner served such government, or (ii) a person who at the time of his capture or entrance into hiding was within the purview of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act of September 7, 1918, as amended and extended, or the said act of December 2, 1942, as amended, or the Missing Persons Act of March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. See 20 CFR 71.1
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Credit bureau: An agency that collects individual credit information and sells it for a fee to creditors so they can make a decision on granting loans. Typical clients include banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and other financing companies. (Also commonly referred to as consumer-reporting agency or credit-reporting agency.) Source: OCC
  • Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Enterprises: means , collectively, the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. See 12 CFR 1206.2
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a set of United States statutes added as Title VIII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act. Its purpose is to ensure ethical practices in the collection of consumer debts and to provide consumers with an avenue for disputing and obtaining validation of debt information in order to ensure the information's accuracy. It is often used in conjunction with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Source: OCC
  • farm: means all poultry houses and grounds immediately surrounding the poultry houses covered under a single biosecurity program, as set forth in § 118. See 21 CFR 1.1310
  • farm-operated business: means a business that is managed by one or more farms and conducts manufacturing/processing not on the farm(s). See 21 CFR 1.1310
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Food Traceability List: includes both the foods specifically listed and foods that contain listed foods as ingredients, provided that the listed food that is used as an ingredient remains in the same form (e. See 21 CFR 1.1310
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Manufacturer of tobacco products: includes any person who for commercial purposes makes available for consumer use (including such consumer's personal consumption or use under paragraph (1)(i) of this definition) a machine capable of making cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products. See 27 CFR 40.11
  • Manufacturer of tobacco products: includes any person who for commercial purposes makes available for consumer use (including such consumer's personal consumption or use under paragraph (1)(i) of this definition) a machine capable of making cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products. See 27 CFR 41.11
  • Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • processing: means operations that alter the general state of the commodity, such as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydration, milling, grinding, pasteurization, or homogenization. See 21 CFR 1.1310
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • public scoping process: refers to that portion of the scoping process where the public is invited to participate, as described at 40 CFR 1501. See 10 CFR 1021.104
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • relanding: means importing, bringing, or returning into the jurisdiction of the United States any tobacco products or cigarette papers or tubes that were manufactured in the United States, labeled or shipped for export (including to Puerto Rico) as prescribed in this chapter, and previously exported from the United States. See 27 CFR 41.11
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • removed: means removal from the factory, release from internal revenue bond under 26 U. See 27 CFR 41.11
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • retail food establishment: includes facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food if the establishment's primary function is to sell from that establishment food, including food that it manufactures, processes, packs, or holds, directly to consumers. See 21 CFR 1.1310
  • Retiree: as used in this subpart , does not include a current spouse, former spouse, child, or person with an insurable interest receiving a survivor annuity. See 5 CFR 842.602
  • Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Source: OCC
  • Safety and Soundness Act: means the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as amended. See 12 CFR 1209.1
  • Secretary: as used in this subpart A, shall have the meanings given these terms in 24 CFR part 5. See 24 CFR 200.3
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.