15 USC § 7402 - Definitions

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title: "15 USC § 7402 - Definitions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "7402"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 100
chapter_name: "CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–305, § 3, Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2368.)"
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# § 7402. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Director** The term “Director” means the Director of the National Science Foundation.

**(2)** **Institution of higher education** section 1001(a) of title 20

The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given that term in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–305, § 3, Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2368.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Cyber Security Research and Development Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.