10 USC § 2199 - Definitions

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title: "10 USC § 2199 - Definitions"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2199"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "SUPPORT OF SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING AND EDUCATION"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VIII, § 825(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1441; amended Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(2)(B), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 114–329, title V, § 501(e)(1), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 3032.)"
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# § 2199. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** The term “defense laboratory” means a laboratory operated by the Department of Defense or owned by the Department of Defense and operated by a contractor or a facility of a Defense Agency at which research and development activities are conducted.

**(2)** The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

**(3)** The term “regional center for the transfer of manufacturing technology” means a manufacturing extension center for the transfer of manufacturing technology and best business practices referred to in section 25(b) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VIII, § 825(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1441; amended Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(a)(2)(B), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 114–329, title V, § 501(e)(1), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 3032.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in par. (2), is classified to , Education.

### Amendments

2017—Par. (3). , (C), inserted “and best business practices” before “referred” and substituted “section 25(b)” for “section 25(a)”.

, which directed substitution of “manufacturing extension center” for “regional center”, was executed by making the substitution after “means a” outside of the defined term, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

1998—Par. (2).  substituted “section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965” for “section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ()”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under , Education.