<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idd909371f-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505"><num value="14505">§ 14505.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">For purposes of this chapter:</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="idd9093720-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/1"><num value="1" class="bold">(1)</num><heading class="bold"> Economic loss</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">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.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="idd9093721-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/2"><num value="2" class="bold">(2)</num><heading class="bold"> Harm</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “harm” includes physical, nonphysical, economic, and noneconomic losses.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="idd9093722-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/3"><num value="3" class="bold">(3)</num><heading class="bold"> Noneconomic losses</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">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.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="idd9093723-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/4"><num value="4" class="bold">(4)</num><heading class="bold"> Nonprofit organization</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “nonprofit organization” means—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="idd9093724-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/4/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> any organization which is described in <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s501/c/3">section 501(c)(3) of title 26</ref> 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t28/s534">28 U.S.C. 534</ref> note); <ref class="footnoteRef" idref="fn004109">1</ref><note type="footnote" id="fn004109"><num>1</num> See References in Text note below.</note> or</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="idd9093725-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/4/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> 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 (<ref href="/us/usc/t28/s534">28 U.S.C. 534</ref> note).<sup>1</sup></content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="idd9093726-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/5"><num value="5" class="bold">(5)</num><heading class="bold"> State</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">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.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="idd9093727-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/6"><num value="6" class="bold">(6)</num><heading class="bold"> Volunteer</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “volunteer” means an individual performing services for a nonprofit organization or a governmental entity who does not receive—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="idd9093728-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/6/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> compensation (other than reasonable reimbursement or allowance for expenses actually incurred); or</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="idd9093729-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s14505/6/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> any other thing of value in lieu of compensation,</content>
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<continuation style="-uslm-lc:I17" class="indent1 firstIndent0">in excess of $500 per year, and such term includes a volunteer serving as a director, officer, trustee, or direct service volunteer.</continuation>
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<sourceCredit id="idd909372a-406b-11eb-bd25-fd7436c081d8">(<ref href="/us/pl/105/19/s6">Pub. L. 105–19, § 6</ref>, <date date="1997-06-18">June 18, 1997</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/111/221">111 Stat. 221</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">The first section of the Hate Crime Statistics Act, referred to in par. (4), is <ref href="/us/pl/101/275/s1">Pub. L. 101–275, § 1</ref>, <date date="1990-04-23">Apr. 23, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/140">104 Stat. 140</ref>, which was set out in a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t28/s534">section 534 of Title 28</ref>, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification as <ref href="/us/usc/t34/s41305">section 41305 of Title 34</ref>, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.</p>
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