42 U.S.C. § 14505: Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. "Economic loss" means money you lose because of harm, like lost wages, medical bills, funeral costs, replacement services, or lost business opportunities, but only to the extent state law allows recovery. "Harm" means physical, nonphysical, economic, or noneconomic loss. "Noneconomic losses" are non-money harms such as physical or emotional pain, mental suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, damage to reputation, and similar harms. "Nonprofit organization" means either an entity described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and tax-exempt under section 501(a), or a not-for-profit run for public benefit (charitable, civic, educational, religious, welfare, or health purposes), and in both cases it must not commit the hate crimes listed in the Hate Crime Statistics Act. "State" means each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, any other U.S. territory or possession, or any local government within them. "Volunteer" means a person who works for a nonprofit or a government entity without pay (except fair reimbursement for actual expenses) and who does not get more than $500 per year in pay or other value; it includes directors, officers, trustees, and direct service volunteers.

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For purposes of this chapter:

(1)Economic loss

The term “economic loss” means any pecuniary loss resulting from harm (including the loss of earnings or other benefits related to employment, medical expense loss, replacement services loss, loss due to death, burial costs, and loss of business or employment opportunities) to the extent recovery for such loss is allowed under applicable State law.

(2)Harm

The term “harm” includes physical, nonphysical, economic, and noneconomic losses.

(3)Noneconomic losses

The term “noneconomic losses” means losses for physical and emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and companionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic service), hedonic damages, injury to reputation and all other nonpecuniary losses of any kind or nature.

(4)Nonprofit organization

The term “nonprofit organization” means—

(A)any organization which is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such title and which does not practice any action which constitutes a hate crime referred to in subsection (b)(1) of the first section of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note); or

(B)any not-for-profit organization which is organized and conducted for public benefit and operated primarily for charitable, civic, educational, religious, welfare, or health purposes and which does not practice any action which constitutes a hate crime referred to in subsection (b)(1) of the first section of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note).1

(5)State

The term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, any other territory or possession of the United States, or any political subdivision of any such State, territory, or possession.

(6)Volunteer

The term “volunteer” means an individual performing services for a nonprofit organization or a governmental entity who does not receive—

(A)compensation (other than reasonable reimbursement or allowance for expenses actually incurred); or

(B)any other thing of value in lieu of compensation,

in excess of $500 per year, and such term includes a volunteer serving as a director, officer, trustee, or direct service volunteer.

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The first section of the Hate Crime Statistics Act, referred to in par. (4), is Pub. L. 101–275, § 1, Apr. 23, 1990, 104 Stat. 140, which was set out in a note under section 534 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification as section 41305 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law

§14505 Definitions

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