{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s16531","title_num":"42","num":"§ 16531.","heading":"Definitions","status":null,"guid":"id7bb3b1e4-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 110–69, title V, § 5002, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 600.)","seq_in_title":7648,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch149/schXVII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch149","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 149—","heading":"NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch149/schXVII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER XVII—","heading":"PROTECTING AMERICA’S COMPETITIVE EDGE THROUGH ENERGY","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8fd73653-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s16531\"><num value=\"16531\">§ 16531.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">In this subchapter:</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I79\" class=\"indent3 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id8fd73654-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s16531/1\"><num value=\"1\" class=\"bold\">(1)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Department</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\">The term “Department” means the Department of Energy.</p>\n</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I79\" class=\"indent3 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id8fd73655-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s16531/2\"><num value=\"2\" class=\"bold\">(2)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Institution of higher education</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\">The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s1001/a\">section 1001(a) of title 20</ref>.</p>\n</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I79\" class=\"indent3 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id8fd73656-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s16531/3\"><num value=\"3\" class=\"bold\">(3)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> National Laboratory</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\">The term “National Laboratory” has the meaning given the term in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s15801\">section 15801 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I79\" class=\"indent3 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id8fd73657-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s16531/4\"><num value=\"4\" class=\"bold\">(4)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Secretary</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\">The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.</p>\n</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id8fd73658-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/110/69/tV/s5002\">Pub. L. 110–69, title V, § 5002</ref>, <date date=\"2007-08-09\">Aug. 9, 2007</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/121/600\">121 Stat. 600</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8fd73659-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id8fd7365a-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">This subchapter, referred to in introductory provisions, was in the original “this title”, meaning title V of <ref href=\"/us/pl/110/69\">Pub. L. 110–69</ref>, <date date=\"2007-08-09\">Aug. 9, 2007</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/121/600\">121 Stat. 600</ref>, known as the Protecting America’s Competitive Edge Through Energy Act and also as the PACE–Energy Act, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see Short Title of 2007 Amendment note set out under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s15801\">section 15801 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"shortTitle\" id=\"id8fd7365b-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Short Title</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">For short title of title V of <ref href=\"/us/pl/110/69\">Pub. L. 110–69</ref>, which enacted this subchapter, as the “Protecting America’s Competitive Edge Through Energy Act” or the “PACE–Energy Act”, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/110/69/s5001\">section 5001 of Pub. L. 110–69</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s15801\">section 15801 of this title</ref> .</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}