30 USC § 2002 - Definitions

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title: "30 USC § 2002 - Definitions"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "2002"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–193, § 3, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 968(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 895.)"
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# § 2002. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Contract** section 6303 of title 31

The term “contract” means a procurement contract within the meaning of .

**(2)** **Cooperative agreement** section 6305 of title 31

The term “cooperative agreement” means a cooperative agreement within the meaning of .

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

**(4)** **Grant** section 6304 of title 31

The term “grant” means a grant awarded under a grant agreement (within the meaning of ).

**(5)** **Industrial enterprise** The term “industrial enterprise” means a private, nongovernmental enterprise that has an expertise or capability that relates to methane hydrate research and development.

**(6)** **Institution of higher education** section 1002 of title 20

The term “institution of higher education” means an institution of higher education (as defined in ).

**(7)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.

**(8)** **Secretary of Commerce** The term “Secretary of Commerce” means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

**(9)** **Secretary of Defense** The term “Secretary of Defense” means the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretary of the Navy.

**(10)** **Secretary of the Interior** The term “Secretary of the Interior” means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Director of the Minerals Management Service.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–193, § 3, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 968(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 895.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was set out in a note under  prior to the general amendment of  by .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

The Minerals Management Service was abolished and functions divided among the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. See Secretary of the Interior Orders No. 3299 of , and No. 3302 of , and chapters II, V, and XII of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised by final rules of the Department of the Interior at 75 F.R. 61051 and 76 F.R. 64432.