50 U.S.C. § 438 : US Code - Section 438: Definitions

Search 50 U.S.C. § 438 : US Code - Section 438: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter -
(1) the term "authorized investigative agency" means an agency
authorized by law or regulation to conduct a counterintelligence
investigation or investigations of persons who are proposed for
access to classified information to ascertain whether such
persons satisfy the criteria for obtaining and retaining access
to such information;
(2) the term "classified information" means any information
that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order No. 12356 of
April 2, 1982, or successor orders, or the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], to require protection against
unauthorized disclosure and that is so designated;
(3) the term "consumer reporting agency" has the meaning given
such term in section 1681a of title 15;
(4) the term "employee" includes any person who receives a
salary or compensation of any kind from the United States
Government, is a contractor of the United States Government or an
employee thereof, is an unpaid consultant of the United States
Government, or otherwise acts for or on behalf of the United
States Government, except as otherwise determined by the
President;
(5) the terms "financial agency" and "financial institution"
have the meanings given to such terms in section 5312(a) of title
31 and the term "holding company" has the meaning given to such
term in section 3401(6) of title 12;
(6) the terms "foreign power" and "agent of a foreign power"
have the same meanings as set forth in sections (!1) 1801(a) and
(b), respectively, of this title;
(7) the term "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, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, and any other possession
of the United States; and
(8) the term "computer" means any electronic, magnetic,
optical, electrochemical, or other high speed data processing
device performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions, and
includes any data storage facility or communications facility
directly related to or operating in conjunction with such device
and any data or other information stored or contained in such
device.