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49 U.S.C. § 30301 — Definitions

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49 U.S.C. § 30301 — Definitions

In this chapter— (1) “alcohol” has the same meaning given that term in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation. (2) “chief driver licensing official” means the official in a State who is authorized to— (A) maintain a record about a motor vehicle operator’s license issued by the State; and (B) issue, deny, revoke, suspend, or cancel a motor vehicle operator’s license issued by the State. (3) “controlled substance” has the same meaning given that term in section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 ([21 U.S.C. 802](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section802&num=0&edition=prelim)). (4) “motor vehicle” means a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on public streets, roads, or highways, but does not include a vehicle operated only on a rail line. (5) “motor vehicle operator’s license” means a license issued by a State authorizing an individual to operate a motor vehicle on public streets, roads, or highways. (6) “participating State” means a State that has notified the Secretary under [section 30303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30303&num=0&edition=prelim) of its participation in the National Driver Register. (7) “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. (8) “State of record” means a State that has given the Secretary a report under [section 30304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section3030

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In this chapter— (1) “alcohol” has the same meaning given that term in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation. (2) “chief driver licensing official” means the official in a State who is authorized to— (A) maintain a record about a motor vehicle operator’s license issued by the State; and (B) issue, deny, revoke, suspend, or cancel a motor vehicle operator’s license issued by the State. (3) “controlled substance” has the same meaning given that term in section 102 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 ([21 U.S.C. 802](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title21-section802&num=0&edition=prelim)). (4) “motor vehicle” means a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on public streets, roads, or highways, but does not include a vehicle operated only on a rail line. (5) “motor vehicle operator’s license” means a license issued by a State authorizing an individual to operate a motor vehicle on public streets, roads, or highways. (6) “participating State” means a State that has notified the Secretary under [section 30303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30303&num=0&edition=prelim) of its participation in the National Driver Register. (7) “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. (8) “State of record” means a State that has given the Secretary a report under [section 30304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30304&num=0&edition=prelim) about an individual who is the subject of a request for information made under [section 30305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30305&num=0&edition=prelim).

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49 U.S.C. § 40102 — Definitions

**(a) General Definitions.—** In this part— (1) “aeronautics” means the science and art of flight. (2) “air carrier” means a citizen of the United States undertaking by any means, directly or indirectly, to provide air transportation. (3) “air commerce” means foreign air commerce, interstate air commerce, the transportation of mail by aircraft, the operation of aircraft within the limits of a Federal airway, or the operation of aircraft that directly affects, or may endanger safety in, foreign or interstate air commerce. (4) “air navigation facility” means a facility used, available for use, or designed for use, in aid of air navigation, including— (A) a landing area; (B) runway lighting and airport surface visual and other navigation aids; (C) apparatus, equipment, software, or service for distributing aeronautical and meteorological information to air traffic control facilities or aircraft; (D) communication, navigation, or surveillance equipment for air-to-ground or air-to-air applications; (E) any structure, equipment, or mechanism for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the landing and takeoff of aircraft; and (F) buildings, equipment, and systems dedicated to the national airspace system. (5) “air transportation” means foreign air transportation, interstate air transportation, or the transportation of mail by aircraft. (6) “aircraft” means any contrivance invented, used, or designed to navigate, or fly in, the air. (7) “aircraft engine” means an engine used, or intended to be used, to propel an aircraft, including a part, appurtenance, and accessory of the engine, except a propeller. (8) “airman” means an individual— (A) in command, or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, who navigates aircraft when under way; (B) exce

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49 U.S.C. § 30303 — State participation

**(a) Notification.—** A State may become a participating State under this chapter by notifying the Secretary of Transportation of its intention to be bound by [section 30304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30304&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Withdrawal.—** A participating State may end its status as a participating State by notifying the Secretary of its withdrawal from participation in the National Driver Register. **(c) Form and Way of Notification.—** Notification by a State under this section shall be made in the form and way the Secretary prescribes by regulation.

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8 U.S.C. § 1367 — Penalties for disclosure of information

**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), in no case may the Attorney General, or any other official or employee of the Department of Justice, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or any other official or employee of the Department of Homeland Security or Department of State (including any bureau or agency of either of such Departments)— (1) make an adverse determination of admissibility or deportability of an alien under the Immigration and Nationality Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] using information furnished solely by— (A) a spouse or parent who has battered the alien or subjected the alien to extreme cruelty, (B) a member of the spouse’s or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien who has battered the alien or subjected the alien to extreme cruelty when the spouse or parent consented to or acquiesced in such battery or cruelty, (C) a spouse or parent who has battered the alien’s child or subjected the alien’s child to extreme cruelty (without the active participation of the alien in the battery or extreme cruelty), (D) a member of the spouse’s or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien who has battered the alien’s child or subjected the alien’s child to extreme cruelty when the spouse or parent consented to or acquiesced in such battery or cruelty and the alien did not actively participate in such battery or cruelty, (E) in the case of an alien applying for status under section 101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nationality Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/15/U&num=0&edition=prelim)], the perpet

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8 U.S.C. § 1324a — Unlawful employment of aliens

**(a) Making employment of unauthorized aliens unlawful** (1) **In general** — It is unlawful for a person or other entity— (A) to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien (as defined in subsection (h)(3)) with respect to such employment, or (B) (i) to hire for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b) or (ii) if the person or entity is an agricultural association, agricultural employer, or farm labor contractor (as defined in [section 1802 of title 29](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1802&num=0&edition=prelim)), to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b). (2) **Continuing employment** — It is unlawful for a person or other entity, after hiring an alien for employment in accordance with paragraph (1), to continue to employ the alien in the United States knowing the alien is (or has become) an unauthorized alien with respect to such employment. (3) **Defense** — A person or entity that establishes that it has complied in good faith with the requirements of subsection (b) with respect to the hiring, recruiting, or referral for employment of an alien in the United States has established an affirmative defense that the person or entity has not violated paragraph (1)(A) with respect to such hiring, recruiting, or referral. (4) **Use of labor through contract** — For purposes of this section, a person or other entity who uses a contract, subcontract, or exchange, entered into, renegotiated, or extended after November 6, 1986, to obtain the labor of an alien in the U

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8 U.S.C. § 1101 — Definitions

**(a)** As used in this chapter— (1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in. (3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States. (4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa. (5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States. (6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien. (7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court. (8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co

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49 U.S.C. § 30305 — Access to Register information

**(a) Referrals of Information Requests.—** (1) To carry out duties related to driver licensing, driver improvement, or transportation safety, the chief driver licensing official of a participating State may request the Secretary of Transportation to refer, electronically or by United States mail, a request for information about the motor vehicle driving record of an individual to the chief driver licensing official of a State of record. (2) The Secretary of Transportation shall relay, electronically or by United States mail, information received from the chief driver licensing official of a State of record in response to a request under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the chief driver licensing official of the participating State requesting the information. However, the Secretary may refuse to relay information to the chief driver licensing official of a participating State that does not comply with [section 30304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30304&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Requests To Obtain Information.—** (1) The Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may request the chief driver licensing official of a State to obtain information under subsection (a) of this section about an individual who is the subject of an accident investigation conducted by the Board or the Administrator. The Chairman and the Administrator may receive the information. (2) An individual who is employed, or is seeking employment, as a driver of a motor vehicle may request the chief driver licensing official of the State in which the individual is employed or seeks employment to provide information about the individual under subsection (a) of this sec

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18 U.S.C. § 1028 — Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information

**(a)** Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (c) of this section— (1) knowingly and without lawful authority produces an identification document, authentication feature, or a false identification document; (2) knowingly transfers an identification document, authentication feature, or a false identification document knowing that such document or feature was stolen or produced without lawful authority; (3) knowingly possesses with intent to use unlawfully or transfer unlawfully five or more identification documents (other than those issued lawfully for the use of the possessor), authentication features, or false identification documents; (4) knowingly possesses an identification document (other than one issued lawfully for the use of the possessor), authentication feature, or a false identification document, with the intent such document or feature be used to defraud the United States; (5) knowingly produces, transfers, or possesses a document-making implement or authentication feature with the intent such document-making implement or authentication feature will be used in the production of a false identification document or another document-making implement or authentication feature which will be so used; (6) knowingly possesses an identification document or authentication feature that is or appears to be an identification document or authentication feature of the United States or a sponsoring entity of an event designated as a special event of national significance which is stolen or produced without lawful authority knowing that such document or feature was stolen or produced without such authority; (7) knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid

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21 U.S.C. § 802 — Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) The term “addict” means any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use of narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction. (2) The term “administer” refers to the direct application of a controlled substance to the body of a patient or research subject by— (A) a practitioner (or, in his presence, by his authorized agent), or (B) the patient or research subject at the direction and in the presence of the practitioner, whether such application be by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means. (3) The term “agent” means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser; except that such term does not include a common or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or warehouseman, when acting in the usual and lawful course of the carrier’s or warehouseman’s business. (4) The term “Drug Enforcement Administration” means the Drug Enforcement Administration in the Department of Justice. (5) The term “control” means to add a drug or other substance, or immediate precursor, to a schedule under part B of this subchapter, whether by transfer from another schedule or otherwise. (6) The term “controlled substance” means a drug or other substance, or immediate precursor, included in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V of part B of this subchapter. The term does not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco, as those terms are defined or used in subtitle E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (7) The term “counterfeit substance” means a controlled substance which, or the container or labelin

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48 U.S.C. § 1681 — Continuance of civil government for Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; assistance programs; maximum fiscal year costs; reimbursement

**(a)** Until Congress shall further provide for the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, all executive, legislative, and judicial authority necessary for the civil administration of the Trust Territory shall continue to be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner and through such agency or agencies as the President of the United States may direct or authorize. **(b)** The head of any department, corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Government may, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, extend to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, with or without reimbursement, scientific, technical, and other assistance under any program administered by such agency, or extend to the Trust Territory any Federal program administered by such agency, if the assistance or program will promote the welfare of the Trust Territory, notwithstanding any provision of law under which the Trust Territory may otherwise be ineligible for the assistance or program: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall not request assistance pursuant to this subsection that involves, in the aggregate, an estimated nonreimbursable cost in any one fiscal year in excess of $150,000: Provided further, That the cost of any program extended to the Trust Territory under this subsection shall be reimbursable out of appropriations authorized and made for the government of the Trust Territory pursuant to section 2 of this Act, as amended. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to financial assistance under a grant-in-aid program.

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49 U.S.C. § 30304 — Reports by chief driver licensing officials

**(a) Individuals Covered.—** As soon as practicable, the chief driver licensing official of each participating State shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation a report containing the information specified by subsection (b) of this section for each individual— (1) who is denied a motor vehicle operator’s license by that State for cause; (2) whose motor vehicle operator’s license is revoked, suspended, or canceled by that State for cause; or (3) who is convicted under the laws of that State of any of the following motor vehicle-related offenses or comparable offenses: (A) operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of, or impaired by, alcohol or a controlled substance. (B) a traffic violation arising in connection with a fatal traffic accident, reckless driving, or racing on the highways. (C) failing to give aid or provide identification when involved in an accident resulting in death or personal injury. (D) perjury or knowingly making a false affidavit or statement to officials about activities governed by a law or regulation on the operation of a motor vehicle. **(b) Contents.—** (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a report under subsection (a) of this section shall contain— (A) the individual’s legal name, date of birth, sex, and, at the Secretary’s discretion, height, weight, and eye and hair color; (B) the name of the State providing the information; and (C) the social security account number if used by the State for driver record or motor vehicle license purposes, and the motor vehicle operator’s license number if different from the social security account number. (2) A report under subsection (a) of this section about an event that occurs during the 2-year period before the State becomes a participat

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