Employer
Employer means any person engaged in a business affecting interstate commerce who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle in connection with that business, or assigns employees to operate it, but such terms does not include the United States, any State, any political subdivision of a State, or an agency established under a compact between States approved by the Congress of the United States.
Source
49 CFR § 390.5T
Scoping language
Unless specifically defined elsewhere, in this subchapter: