united-states definition bills
Defining a term within a US bill that does not match definition within US Code
<p>I am currently attempting to draft a bill for an amendment I am trying to have introduced. Within the Definitions section, I am defining a "US Person". Within the USC (<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7701" rel="nofollow noreferrer">26 USC § 7701(a)(30)(A)</a>) a US Person is defined as: </p>

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<li>a citizen or resident of the United State;</li>
<li>a domestic partnership;</li>
<li>a domestic corporation;</li>
<li>any estate; or</li>
<li>or any trust.</li>
</ul>

<p>For my purpose, I want to defined a "US Person" only as a citizen or resident of the United States, and exclude the rest. So my questions are:</p>

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<li>Can I redefine a definition within the bill that is already defined within the USC, or do I need to create a new term and define that?</li>
<li>If I am able to redefine "US Person", should I also include an exclusion for partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts to ensure there is no conflict with USC?</li>
</ol>

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  <p>Can I redefine a definition within the bill that is already defined within the USC</p>
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<p>Yes, you can. If you look at the law you cited defining "Person", it even says (emphasis mine):</p>

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  <p>When used in this title, <strong>where not otherwise distinctly expressed</strong></p>
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<p>This contemplates that a particular law in that title could distinctly express another definition of that term. The more local term would be the one that controlled.</p>
