7 USC § 7614 - Definitions

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title: "7 USC § 7614 - Definitions"
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chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION REFORM"
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subchapter_name: "PRIORITIES, SCOPE, REVIEW, AND COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7501, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1256; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7501, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2018.)"
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# 1 Definitions

See References in Text note below.

Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections 7614a to 7614c of this title,[^1] in this section and sections 7614a to 7614c of this title: [^1]

**(1)** **Capacity and infrastructure program** section 6971 of this title<sup>1</sup>

The term “capacity and infrastructure program” has the meaning given the term in subsection (f)(1) of  (as added by section 7511(a)(4)).

**(2)** **Capacity and infrastructure program critical base funding** The term “capacity and infrastructure program critical base funding” means the aggregate amount of Federal funds made available for capacity and infrastructure programs for fiscal year 2006, as appropriate.

**(3)** **Competitive program** section 6971 of this title<sup>1</sup>

The term “competitive program” has the meaning given the term in subsection (f)(1) of  (as added by section 7511(a)(4)).

**(4)** **Competitive program critical base funding** The term “competitive program critical base funding” means the aggregate amount of Federal funds made available for competitive programs for fiscal year 2006, as appropriate.

**(5)** **Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities** section 3103 of this title

The term “Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities” has the meaning given the term in .

**(6)** **NLGCA Institution** section 3103 of this title

The term “NLGCA Institution” has the meaning given the term in .

**(7)** **1862 Institution; 1890 Institution; 1994 Institution** section 7601 of this title

The terms “1862 Institution”, “1890 Institution”, and “1994 Institution” have the meanings given the terms in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7501, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1256; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7501, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2018.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This section and sections 7614a to 7614c of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, and was translated as meaning “this part”, meaning part I (§§ 7501 to 7506) of subtitle E of title VII of , , , to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Section 7511(a)(4), referred to in pars. (1) and (3), means .

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998, which in part comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of  by  effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under .