48 U.S.C. § 2161 — Applicability of other laws; definitions

(a) The following provisions of title 11 apply in a case under this subchapter: sections 101 (except as this section provides), 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 333, 344, 347(b), 349, 350(b), 351, 361, 362, 364(c), 364(d), 364(e), 364(f), 365, 366, 501, 502, 503, 504, 506, 507(a)(2), 509, 510, 524(a)(1), 524(a)(2), 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549(a), 549(c), 549(d), 550, 551, 552, 553, 555, 556, 557, 559, 560, 561, 562, 902 (except as this section provides), 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 942, 944, 945, 946, 1102, 1103, 1109, 1111(b), 1122, 1123(a)(1), 1123(a)(2), 1123(a)(3), 1123(a)(4), 1123(a)(5), 1123(b), 1123(d), 1124, 1125, 1126(a), 1126(b), 1126(c), 1126(e), 1126(f), 1126(g), 1127(d), 1128, 1129(a)(2), 1129(a)(3), 1129(a)(6), 1129(a)(8), 1129(a)(10), 1129(b)(1), 1129(b)(2)(A), 1129(b)(2)(B), 1142(b), 1143, 1144, 1145, and 1146(a). Section 930 also applies, but it does not apply during the first 120 days after the case begins.

(b) A term used in an applicable title 11 section has the meaning given to it for that section, unless this subchapter defines it differently.

(c) This subchapter defines these terms:

(c)(1) “Affiliate” also means (A) for a territory^*, any territorial instrumentality^*; and (B) for a territorial instrumentality, the governing territory and any other territorial instrumentalities of that territory.

(c)(2) “Debtor” means the territory or covered territorial instrumentality^* concerning which a case under this subchapter has begun.

(c)(3) When section 1126 of title 11 uses “holder of a claim or interest,” that term excludes any Issuer or Authorized Instrumentality of the Territory Government Issuer, as defined in subchapter VI, or any corporation, trust, or other legal entity controlled by the Issuer or an Authorized Territorial Instrumentality of the Territory Government Issuer. Beneficiaries of those claims are not excluded if this subparagraph does not refer to them. For each excluded trust or other legal entity, the court must, at any time after the case begins and at the request of a participant or beneficiary, order appointment of a separate creditors’ committee under section 1102(a)(2) of title 11. For an Insured Bond^*, the term means the monoline insurer that insures the bond, to the extent that insurer has the right under the applicable documents to vote the bond to direct remedies or consent to proposed amendments or modifications.

(c)(4) “Insured Bond” means a bond subject to a financial guarantee or similar insurance contract, policy, or surety issued by a monoline insurer.

(c)(5) When “property of the estate” is used in an applicable title 11 section, it means the debtor’s property.

(c)(6) When “State” is used in an applicable title 11 section, it means State or territory when referring to the relationship of a State to its municipality or of a territory to its territorial instrumentality. This section does not define “State” beyond this rule.

(c)(7) “Trustee” means the Oversight Board^*, except as provided in section 926 of title 11. In this paragraph, “trustee” does not mean the U.S. Trustee or an official of the United States Trustee Program, which is part of the United States Department of Justice.

(d) Only for this subchapter, a reference in an applicable title 11 section to “this title,” “this chapter,” or similar words means this subchapter. A reference in the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure made applicable here to “this title,” “title 11,” “Chapter 9,” “Chapter 11,” “the Code,” or similar words also means this subchapter, as applicable.

(e) When deciding whether claims are “substantially similar” for section 1122 of title 11, the Oversight Board must consider whether the claims are secured and whether they have priority over other claims. This section does not otherwise define “substantially similar.”

(f) An applicable section that operates if the debtor’s business is authorized to operate also operates in a case under this subchapter.