Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§2199 Definitions

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART III — TRAINING AND EDUCATION › CHAPTER 111 — SUPPORT OF SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION › § 2199

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines three key terms used in the chapter. Defense laboratory means a lab run by the Department of Defense, or owned by it and run by a contractor, or a Defense Agency facility where research and development is done. Institution of higher education means whatever is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Regional center for the transfer of manufacturing technology means a manufacturing extension center that helps move manufacturing technology and best business practices, as described in section 25(b) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k).

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Title 10, §2199

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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).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in par. (2), is classified to section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

Amendments

2017—Par. (3). Pub. L. 114–329, § 501(e)(1)(B), (C), inserted “and best business practices” before “referred” and substituted “section 25(b)” for “section 25(a)”. Pub. L. 114–329, § 501(e)(1)(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). Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965” for “section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a))”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2199

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102