Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§3192 Definitions
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 64— - AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH › § 3192
Summary
Defines four key words used here. Eligible institution — an accredited veterinary school or a qualifying State agricultural experiment station. Dean/director — the heads of those institutions. Animal health research capacity — how able an institution is to do animal health research, per the Secretary.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §3192
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1998—Pars. (3) to (5). Pub. L. 105–185 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). Pub. L. 97–98 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). Pub. L. 97–98 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 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 4301 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 3192
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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