Sec. 10001. Definitions
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In this title: The term commodity includes any material, article, supply, goods, or equipment used for the purposes of providing non-military assistance. The term commodity restrictions means statutory and regulatory requirements that apply to the procurement or transportation of commodities financed under this Act, including— sections 10501 and 10503; section 901(b)(1) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936; section 5 of the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practice Act of 1974; section 644 of the Small Business Act; section 2711 of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984; and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.
The term country of assignment means the foreign country in which an individual serves an accredited representative of the United States Government. The terms defense article , defense service , defense information , excess defense article , major defense equipment , and significant military equipment have the meanings given such terms in section 4411. The term Federal employee or employee has the meaning given the term employee in section 2105(a) of title 5, United States Code.
The term Federal officer or officer has the meaning given the term officer in section 2104 of title 5, United States Code. The term Federal personnel or personnel includes Federal employees, Federal officers, personal services contractors, locally employed staff, foreign national employees of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 103(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980), and any other individual employed by a Federal department or agency, as defined under regulations prescribed by the President.
The term Foreign Service Officer means a member of the Foreign Service as defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. The term function includes any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, discretion, or activity. The terms gender analysis , gender equality , and gender integration have the meanings given such terms in section 1708. The term local entity means an individual, corporation, nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that— is located in a partner country; is organized under the laws of the partner country; has as its principal place of business or operations the partner country; and is owned or controlled by citizens of the partner country.
In subparagraph (iv), the term owned or controlled means— in the case of a corporation, the holding of at least 50 percent (by vote or value) of the capital structure of the corporation; or in the case of any other kind of legal entity, the holding of interests representing at least 50 percent of the capital structure of the entity. The term service includes any service, repair, training, technical assistance, advice, or information used for purposes of this Act.