20 U.S.C. § 107e : US Code - Section 107E: Definitions

Search 20 U.S.C. § 107e : US Code - Section 107E: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
(1) "blind person" means a person whose central visual acuity
does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses
or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by
a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree
that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than
twenty degrees. In determining whether an individual is blind,
there shall be an examination by a physician skilled in diseases
of the eye, or by an optometrist, whichever the individual shall
select;
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration;
(3) "Federal property" means any building, land, or other real
property owned, leased, or occupied by any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States (including the Department of
Defense and the United States Postal Service), or any other
instrumentality wholly owned by the United States, or by any
department or agency of the District of Columbia or any territory
or possession of the United States;
(4) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education;
(5) "State" means a State, territory, possession, Puerto Rico,
or the District of Columbia;
(6) "United States" includes the several States, territories,
and possessions of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the
District of Columbia;
(7) "vending facility" means automatic vending machines,
cafeterias, snack bars, cart services, shelters, counters, and
such other appropriate auxiliary equipment as the Secretary may
by regulation prescribe as being necessary for the sale of the
articles or services described in section 107a(a)(5) of this
title and which may be operated by blind licensees; and
(8) "vending machine income" means receipts (other than those
of a blind licensee) from vending machine operations on Federal
property, after cost of goods sold (including reasonable service
and maintenance costs), where the machines are operated,
serviced, or maintained by, or with the approval of, a
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, or
commissions paid (other than to a blind licensee) by a commercial
vending concern which operates, services, and maintains vending
machines on Federal property for, or with the approval of, a
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States.