41 U.S.C. § 48b : US Code - Section 48B: Definitions

Search 41 U.S.C. § 48b : US Code - Section 48B: Definitions

For purposes of sections 46 to 48c of this title -
(1) The term "blind" refers to an individual or class of
individuals 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 20 degrees.
(2) The terms "other severely handicapped" and "severely
handicapped individuals" mean an individual or class of individuals
under a physical or mental disability, other than blindness, which
(according to criteria established by the Committee after
consultation with appropriate entities of the Government and taking
into account the views of non-Government entities representing the
handicapped) constitutes a substantial handicap to employment and
is of such a nature as to prevent the individual under such
disability from currently engaging in normal competitive
employment.
(3) The term "qualified nonprofit agency for the blind" means an
agency -
(A) organized under the laws of the United States or of any
State, operated in the interest of blind individuals, and the net
income of which does not inure in whole or in part to the benefit
of any shareholder or other individual;
(B) which complies with any applicable occupational health and
safety standard prescribed by the Secretary of Labor; and
(C) which in the production of commodities and in the provision
of services (whether or not the commodities or services are
procured under sections 46 to 48c of this title) during the
fiscal year employs blind individuals for not less than 75 per
centum of the man-hours of direct labor required for the
production or provision of the commodities or services.
(4) The term "qualified nonprofit agency for other severely
handicapped" means an agency -
(A) organized under the laws of the United States or of any
State, operated in the interest of severely handicapped
individuals who are not blind, and the net income of which does
not inure in whole or in part to the benefit of any shareholder
or other individual;
(B) which complies with any applicable occupational health and
safety standard prescribed by the Secretary of Labor; and
(C) which in the production of commodities and in the provision
of services (whether or not the commodities or services are
procured under sections 46 to 48c of this title) during the
fiscal year employs blind or other severely handicapped
individuals for not less than 75 per centum of the man-hours of
direct labor required for the production or provision of the
commodities or services.
(5) The term "direct labor" includes all work required for
preparation, processing, and packing of a commodity, or work
directly relating to the performance of a service, but not
supervision, administration, inspection, or shipping.
(6) The term "fiscal year" means the twelve-month period
beginning on October 1 of each year.
(7) The terms "Government" and "entity of the Government" include
any entity of the legislative branch or the judicial branch, any
executive agency or military department (as such agency and
department are respectively defined by sections 102 and 105 of
title 5), the United States Postal Service, and any nonappropriated
fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces.
(8) The term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.