# § 9041. Definitions
In this part:
**(1)** **Air carrier** section 40102 of title 49
The term “air carrier” has the meaning such term has under .
**(2)** **Coronavirus** The term “coronavirus” means SARS–CoV–2 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential.
**(3)** **Covered loss** The term “covered loss” includes losses incurred directly or indirectly as a result of coronavirus, as determined by the Secretary.
**(4)** **Eligible business** The term “eligible business” means—
**(A)** an air carrier; or
**(B)** a United States business that has not otherwise received adequate economic relief in the form of loans or loan guarantees provided under this Act.
**(5)** **Employee** Except where the context otherwise requires, the term “employee”—
**(A)** has the meaning given the term in section 152 of title 29; and
**(B)** includes any individual employed by an employer subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
**(6)** **Equity security; exchange** section 78c(a) of this title
The terms “equity security” and “exchange” have the meanings given the terms in .
**(7)** **Municipality** The term “municipality” includes—
**(A)** a political subdivision of a State, and
**(B)** an instrumentality of a municipality, a State, or a political subdivision of a State.
**(8)** **National securities exchange** section 78f of this title
The term “national securities exchange” means an exchange registered as a national securities exchange under .
**(9)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury, or the designee of the Secretary of the Treasury.
**(10)** **State** The term “State” means—
**(A)** any of the several States;
**(B)** the District of Columbia;
**(C)** any of the territories and possessions of the United States;
**(D)** any bi-State or multi-State entity; and
**(E)** any Indian Tribe.
**(11)** **Aerospace-related businesses critical to maintaining national security** The term “businesses critical to maintaining national security” means those businesses that manufacture or produce aerospace-related products, civil or defense, including those that design, integrate, assemble, supply, maintain, and repair such products, and other businesses involved in aerospace-related manufacturing or production as further defined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, aerospace-related products include, but are not limited to, components, parts, or systems of aircraft, aircraft engines, or appliances for inclusion in an aircraft, aircraft engine, or appliance.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4002, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 469; Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title IV, § 412(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2061.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This part, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 4001–4029) of title IV of div. A of , known as the Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020, which is classified principally to this part. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see , set out as a Short Title note under , and Tables.
This Act, referred to in par. (4)(B), probably means subtitle A (§§ 4001–4029) of title IV of div. A of , known as the Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020, which is classified principally to this part. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see , set out as a Short Title note under , and Tables.
The Railway Labor Act, referred to in par. (5)(B), is , , which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.
### Amendments
2020—Par. (11). added par. (11).