7 USC 8302 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 02, 2024

§ 8302.

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

Animal

(2)

Article

(3)

Disease

(4)

Enter

(5)

Export

(6)

Facility

(7)

Import

(8)

Indian tribe

(9)

Interstate commerce

The term “interstate commerce” means trade, traffic, or other commerce—

(A)

between a place in a State and a place in another State, or between places within the same State but through any place outside that State; or

(B)

within the District of Columbia or any territory or possession of the United States.

(10)

Livestock

(11)

Means of conveyance

(12)

Move

The term “move” means—

(A)

to carry, enter, import, mail, ship, or transport;

(B)

to aid, abet, cause, or induce carrying, entering, importing, mailing, shipping, or transporting;

(C)

to offer to carry, enter, import, mail, ship, or transport;

(D)

to receive in order to carry, enter, import, mail, ship, or transport;

(E)

to release into the environment; or

(F)

to allow any of the activities described in this paragraph.

(13)

Pest

The term “pest” means any of the following that can directly or indirectly injure, cause damage to, or cause disease in livestock:

(A)

A protozoan.

(B)

A plant.

(C)

A bacteria.

(D)

A fungus.

(E)

A virus or viroid.

(F)

An infectious agent or other pathogen.

(G)

An arthropod.

(H)

A parasite.

(I)

A prion.

(J)

A vector.

(K)

Any organism similar to or allied with any of the organisms described in this paragraph.

(14)

Secretary

(15)

State

(16)

This chapter

(17)

United States

(18)

Veterinary countermeasure

(Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10403, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 494; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12101(a), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4937; Pub. L. 117–328, div. HH, title V, § 603, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5996.)

cite as: 7 USC 8302