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• accredited laboratory: means a fastener testing facility used to perform end-of-line testing required by a consensus standard or standards to verify that a lot of fasteners conforms to the grade identification marking called for in the consensus standard or standards to which the lot of fasteners has been manufactured, and which&mdash. See 15 USC 5402
• Advisory Board: means the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. See 7 USC 3103
• agricultural research: means research in the food and agricultural sciences. See 7 USC 3103
• apples: means fresh whole apples, whether or not the apples have been in storage. See 7 USC 589
• applicant: means :

  (A) an educational institution. See 15 USC 5302

• application for restructuring: means a written request&mdash. See 12 USC 2202a
• aquaculture: means the propagation and rearing of aquacultural species, including, but not limited to, any species of finfish, mollusk, or crustacean (or other aquatic invertebrate), amphibian, reptile, ornamental fish, or aquatic plant, in controlled or selected environments. See 7 USC 3103
• association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
• Board: means the Board of Directors of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. See 2 USC 1301
• Bureau: means the Bureau of the Census. See 12 USC 5389
• clinical research: means patient oriented clinical research conducted with human subjects, or research on the causes and consequences of disease in human populations involving material of human origin (such as tissue specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator or colleague directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting to clarify a problem in human physiology, pathophysiology or disease, or epidemiologic or behavioral studies, outcomes research or health services research, or developing new technologies, therapeutic interventions, or clinical trials. See 42 USC 284d
• Commerce: means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof. See 7 USC 511
• conflict of interest: means a situation in which a member or employee of the Board has a direct or indirect financial interest in a person that performs a service for, or enters into a contract with, the Board for anything of economic value. See 7 USC 7802
• consensus standard: means the provisions of a document that describes fastener characteristics published by a consensus standards organization or a Federal agency, and does not include a proprietary standard. See 15 USC 5402
• consensus standards organization: means the American Society for Testing and Materials, the American National Standards Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the International Organization for Standardization, any other organization identified as a United States consensus standards organization or a foreign and international consensus standards organization in the Federal Register at 61 Fed. See 15 USC 5402
• consumer information: means any action or program that provides information to consumers and other persons on the use, nutritional attributes, and other information that will assist consumers and other persons in making evaluations and decisions regarding the purchase, preparation, and use of Hass avocados. See 7 USC 7802
• cooperating forestry school: means an institution&mdash. See 7 USC 3103
• cooperative extension services: means the organizations established at the land-grant colleges and universities under the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914 (38 Stat. See 7 USC 3103
• corporation: includes associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies. See
• cost of foreclosure: includes &mdash. See 12 USC 2202a
• county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
• covered employee: means any employee of&mdash. See 2 USC 1301
• Customs: means the United States Customs Service. See 7 USC 7802
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See
• Department: means the Department of Energy. See 15 USC 5207
• Department: means the Department of Energy. See 15 USC 5302
• Department: means the United States Department of Agriculture. See 7 USC 7802
• Department of Agriculture: means the United States Department of Agriculture. See 7 USC 3103
• development: means any or all undertakings necessary for planning, land acquisition, demolition, construction, or equipment, in connection with a low-income housing project. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• director: means the director of a State agricultural experiment station which qualifies as an eligible institution. See 7 USC 2669
• Director: means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. See 15 USC 5411a
• distressed loan: means a loan that the borrower does not have the financial capacity to pay according to its terms and that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics:

  (A) The borrower is demonstrating adverse financial and repayment trends. See 12 USC 2202a

• distributor: means a person who purchases fasteners for the purpose of reselling them at wholesale to unaffiliated persons within the United States (an original equipment manufacturer and its dealers shall be considered affiliated persons for purposes of this chapter). See 15 USC 5402
• district: means a geographical area of the United States, as determined by the Board and approved by the Secretary, in which there is produced approximately one-fourth of the volume of pecans produced in the United States. See
• domestic: when applied to a corporation or partnership means created or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any State unless, in the case of a partnership, the Secretary provides otherwise by regulations. See
• domestic company: means a company which is substantially involved in the United States domestic production, processing, or use of steel, aluminum, copper, or other metals and has a substantial percentage of its operations located within the United States. See 15 USC 5102
• educational institution: means a degree granting institution of at least a baccalaureate level. See 15 USC 5302
• employee: includes an applicant for employment and a former employee. See 2 USC 1301
• employee: shall include a full-time life insurance salesman who is considered an employee for the purpose of chapter 21. See
• employee of the Senate: includes any employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, but not any such individual employed by any entity listed in subparagraphs (C) through (K) of paragraph (3). See 2 USC 1301
• employing office: means &mdash. See 2 USC 1301
• exchanged basis property: means property having a basis determined under any provision of subtitle A (or under any corresponding provision of prior income tax law) providing that the basis shall be determined in whole or in part by reference to other property held at any time by the person for whom the basis is to be determined. See
• Executive Director: means the Executive Director of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. See 2 USC 1301
• exempt handler: means a person who would otherwise be considered a first handler, except that all avocados purchased by the person have already been subject to the assessment under section 7804(h) of this title. See 7 USC 7802
• extension: means the informal education programs conducted in the States in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture. See 7 USC 3103
• families: includes families consisting of a single person in the case of (i) an elderly person, (ii) a disabled person, (iii) a displaced person, (iv) the remaining member of a tenant family, (v) a youth described in section 1437f(x)(2)(B) of this title, and (vi) any other single persons. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• fastener: means a metallic screw, nut, bolt, or stud having internal or external threads, with a nominal diameter of 6 millimeters or greater, in the case of such items described in metric terms, or ¼. See 15 USC 5402
• fastener quality assurance system: means &mdash. See 15 USC 5402
• first handler: means a person operating in the Hass avocados marketing system that sells domestic or imported Hass avocados for United States domestic consumption, and who is responsible for remitting assessments to the Board. See 7 USC 7802
• fiscal year: means an accounting period of 12 months ending on the last day of any month other than December. See
• food and agricultural sciences: means basic, applied, and developmental research, extension, and teaching activities in food and fiber, agricultural, renewable energy and natural resources, forestry, and physical and social sciences, including activities relating to the following:

  (A) Animal health, production, and well-being. See 7 USC 3103

• foreclosure proceeding: means &mdash. See 12 USC 2202a
• foreign: when applied to a corporation or partnership means a corporation or partnership which is not domestic. See
• foreign commerce: means commerce between any State, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside of the United States or its possessions. See 7 USC 599
• foreign estate: means an estate the income of which, from sources without the United States which is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, is not includible in gross income under subtitle A. See
• foreign trust: means any trust other than a trust described in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (30). See
• grade identification marking: means any grade-mark or property class symbol appearing on a fastener purporting to indicate that the lot of fasteners conforms to a specific consensus standard, but such term does not include a manufacturer's insignia or part number. See 15 USC 5402
• grapes: means vinifera species table grapes, European type, whether or not they have been in storage. See 7 USC 599
• Hass avocado: includes &mdash. See 7 USC 7802
• importer: means a distributor located within the United States who contracts for the initial purchase of fasteners manufactured outside the United States. See 15 USC 5402
• importer: means any person who imports Hass avocados into the United States. See 7 USC 7802
• including: when used in a definition contained in this title shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise within the meaning of the term defined. See
• income: means income from all sources of each member of the household, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, except that any amounts not actually received by the family and any amounts which would be eligible for exclusion under section 1382b(a)(7) of this title or any deferred Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts may not be considered as income under this paragraph. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• industry: means the industries identified by codes numbered 3321, 3322, 3324, 3325, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, and 3369, in the Standard Industrial Classification manual ¹ published by the Office of Management and Budget in 1987. See 15 USC 5207
• industry: means the industries identified by codes numbered 3321, 3322, 3324, 3325, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, and 3369, in the Standard Industrial Classification manual ¹ published by the Office of Management and Budget in 1987. See 15 USC 5302
• industry information: means information and programs that are designed to increase efficiency in processing, enhance the development of new markets and marketing strategies, increase marketing efficiency, and activities to enhance the image of Hass avocados and the Hass avocado industry domestically. See 7 USC 7802
• Inspector: means any person employed, licensed, or authorized by the Secretary to determine and certify the type, grade, condition, or other characteristics of tobacco. See 7 USC 511
• insular area: means &mdash. See 7 USC 3103
• joint return: means a single return made jointly under section 6013 by a husband and wife. See
• land-grant colleges and universities: means those institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. See 7 USC 3103
• loan: means a loan made to a farmer, rancher, or producer or harvester of aquatic products, for any agricultural or aquatic purpose and other credit needs of the borrower, including financing for basic processing and marketing directly related to the borrower's operations and those of other eligible farmers, ranchers, and producers or harvesters of aquatic products. See 12 USC 2202a
• lot: means a quantity of fasteners of one part number fabricated by the same production process from the same coil or heat number of metal as provided by the metal manufacturer. See 15 USC 5402
• manufacturer: means a person who fabricates fasteners for sale in commerce. See 15 USC 5402
• marketing: means the sale or other disposition of commercial eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl, in any channel of commerce. See
• oath: includes affirmation, and "sworn" includes affirmed. See 1 USC 1
• Office: means the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. See 2 USC 1301
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• operation: means any or all undertakings appropriate for management, operation, services, maintenance, security (including the cost of security personnel), or financing in connection with a low-income housing project. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• order: means the Hass avocado promotion, research, and information order issued under this chapter. See 7 USC 7802
• paid or accrued: shall be construed according to the method of accounting upon the basis of which the taxable income is computed under subtitle A. See
• partner: includes a member in such a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or organization. See
• partnership: includes a syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other unincorporated organization, through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or venture is carried on, and which is not, within the meaning of this title, a trust or estate or a corporation. See
• person: includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations. See 7 USC 596
• person: as used in this chapter includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, and any other business unit. See 7 USC 343
• Person: includes partnerships, associations, and corporations, as well as individuals. See 7 USC 511
• person: shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. See
• person: means any individual, group of individuals, firm, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, association, cooperative, or other legal entity. See 7 USC 7802
• plan: means a plan issued under section 6003 of this title. See
• plums: means both European and Japanese type, whether or not they have been in storage, but does not mean Italian-type prunes, nor damson-type plums. See 7 USC 599
• possession: includes , among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. See 42 USC 201
• producer: means any person who&mdash. See 7 USC 7802
• Program: means the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program described in section 5511 of this title. See 15 USC 5411a
• project: means (A) housing developed, acquired, or assisted by a public housing agency under this chapter, and (B) the improvement of any such housing. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• promotion: means any action to advance the image, desirability, or marketability of Hass avocados, including paid advertising, sales promotion, and publicity, in order to improve the competitive position and stimulate sales of Hass avocados in the domestic marketplace. See 7 USC 7802
• proprietary standard: means the provisions of a document that describes characteristics of a screw, nut, bolt, stud, or load-indicating washer and is issued by a person who&mdash. See 15 USC 5402
• qualified lender: means &mdash. See 12 USC 2202a
• record of conformance: means a record or records for each lot of fasteners sold or offered for sale that contains&mdash. See 15 USC 5402
• represent: means to describe one or more of a fastener's purported characteristics in a document or statement that is transmitted to a purchaser through any medium. See 15 USC 5306
• represent: means to describe one or more of a fastener's purported characteristics in a document or statement that is transmitted to a purchaser through any medium. See 15 USC 5402
• research: means any type of research to advance the image, desirability, marketability, production, or quality of eggs, egg products, spent fowl, or products of spent fowl. See
• research: means any type of test, study, or analysis relating to market research, market development, and marketing efforts, or relating to the use, quality, or nutritional value of Hass avocados, other related food science research, or research designed to advance the image, desirability, and marketability of Hass avocados. See 7 USC 7802
• research plan: means the Steel Initiative Research Plan issued in April 1988 by the Department of Energy, and updates to that plan. See 15 USC 5102
• respondent: includes a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, proprietorship, society, joint stock company, individual, or other organization or entity which reported information, or on behalf of which information was reported, in response to a questionnaire, inquiry, or other request of the Bureau. See 12 USC 5389
• restructuring: include rescheduling, reamortization, renewal, deferral of principal or interest, monetary concessions, and the taking of any other action to modify the terms of, or forbear on, a loan in any way that will make it probable that the operations of the borrower will become financially viable. See 12 USC 2202a
• Sampler: means any person employed, licensed, or authorized by the Secretary to select, tag, and seal official samples of tobacco. See 7 USC 511
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture. See 7 USC 7802
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. See 7 USC 3103
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture or any other officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to whom there has heretofore been delegated, or to whom there may hereafter be delegated, the authority to act in his stead. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Energy. See 15 USC 5207
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Commerce. See 15 USC 5306
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Energy. See 15 USC 5102
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture. See 7 USC 596
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Commerce. See 15 USC 5402
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. See 7 USC 511
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Commerce. See 12 USC 5389
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture. See 7 USC 599
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. See
• Secretary of the Treasury: means the Secretary of the Treasury, personally, and shall not include any delegate of his. See
• Service: means the Public Health Service. See 42 USC 201
• shareholder: includes a member in an association, joint-stock company, or insurance company. See
• specifications: means the required characteristics identified in the contractual agreement with the manufacturer or to which a fastener is otherwise produced, except that the term does not include proprietary standards. See 15 USC 5402
• State: means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. See 7 USC 7802
• State: means &mdash. See 7 USC 3103
• State: means any of the several States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
• State: includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. See 42 USC 1396r-1b
• State: includes Territory, the District of Columbia, possession of the United States, and foreign nations. See 7 USC 511
• State: shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title. See
• State agricultural experiment stations: means those institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of March 2, 1887 (24 Stat. See 7 USC 3103
• stock: includes shares in an association, joint-stock company, or insurance company. See
• taxable year: means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which the taxable income is computed under subtitle A. See
• taxpayer: means any person subject to any internal revenue tax. See
• temporary: shall be construed to mean not in excess of one year, or not in excess of the specific period during which appropriations are available for the conduct of a particular census, whichever is longer. See 12 USC 5467
• Tobacco: means tobacco in its unmanufactured form. See 7 USC 511
• trade or business: includes the performance of the functions of a public office. See
• transaction: includes a series of transactions. See
• United States: means the United States collectively. See 7 USC 7802
• United States: means collectively the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
• United States: means the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States of America and the District of Columbia. See
• United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See
• United States person: means &mdash. See
• university: include a research foundation maintained by a college or university described in subparagraph (A). See 7 USC 3103
• vehicle: includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. See 1 USC 4
• vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
• Weigher: means any person employed, licensed, or authorized by the Secretary to weigh and certify the weight of tobacco. See 7 USC 511
• whoever: include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals. See 1 USC 1
• writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1