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7 USC § 3192 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s3192"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 3192 - Definitions"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "3192"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1430, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1002; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1427, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1309; Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 606(d)(1), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 604.)"
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# § 3192. Definitions

When used in this subchapter—

**(1)** the term “eligible institution” means an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine or a State agricultural experiment station that conducts animal health and disease research;

**(2)** the term “dean” means the dean of an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine;

**(3)** the term “director” means the director of a State agricultural experiment station which qualifies as an eligible institution; and

**(4)** the term “animal health research capacity” means the capacity of an eligible institution to conduct animal health and disease research, as determined by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1430, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1002; Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1427, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1309; Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 606(d)(1), June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 604.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Pars. (3) to (5).  inserted “and” at end of par. (3), redesignated par. (5) as (4), and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: “the term ‘Board’ means the Animal Health Science Research Advisory Board; and”.

1981—Par. (1).  substituted “an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine or a State agricultural research experiment station that conducts animal health and disease research” for “any college or university having an accredited college of veterinary medicine or a department of veterinary science or animal pathology, or a similar unit conducting animal health and disease research in a State agricultural experiment station”.

Par. (2).  substituted “an accredited school or college of veterinary medicine” for “a college or university which qualifies as an eligible institution”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under .