Sec. 201. Definitions
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As used in this title, the following definitions apply: The terms domestic violence , dating violence , sexual assault , and stalking have the meanings given the terms in section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291 ). The term domestic partner , with respect to an individual, means another individual with whom the first individual is in a committed relationship. The term committed relationship means a relationship between two individuals, each at least 18 years of age, in which each individual is the other individual’s sole domestic partner and both individuals share responsibility for a significant measure of each other’s common welfare.
The term includes any such relationship between two individuals, including individuals of the same sex, that is granted legal recognition by a State or political subdivision of a State as a marriage or analogous relationship, including a civil union or domestic partnership. The terms employ and State have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203 ). The term employee means any person employed by an employer. In the case of an individual employed by a public agency, such term means an individual employed as described in section 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(e)(2) ).
The term includes a person employed as described in subparagraph
(A)on a full- or part-time basis, for a fixed time period, on a temporary basis, pursuant to a detail, or as a participant in a work assignment as a condition of receipt of Federal or State income-based public assistance. The term employer — means any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce who employs 15 or more individuals; and includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, and includes a public agency that employs individuals as described in section 3(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, but does not include any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization. The term employment benefits means all benefits provided or made available to employees by an employer, including group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational benefits, and pensions, regardless of whether such benefits are provided by a practice or written policy of an employer or through an employee benefit plan , as defined in section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1002(3) ). The term family or household member , used with respect to a person, means an individual who— is a son or daughter, parent, spouse, domestic partner, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the person is the equivalent of a family relationship; and is not the abuser (as defined in section 501) involved. The term person has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203 ). The term public agency has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203 ). The term public assistance includes cash, benefits issued under a supplement nutrition assistance program under section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2013 ), medical assistance, housing assistance, and other benefits provided on the basis of income by a public agency. The term survivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking includes— a person who has experienced or is experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and a person whose family or household member has experienced or is experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The term survivor services organization means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or to advocates for such survivors, including a rape crisis center, an organization carrying out a domestic violence program, an organization operating a shelter or providing counseling services, an organization providing assistance through the legal process, or another entity that provides assistance to such survivors.
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