7 USC 8302 - Definitions

In this chapter:
(1) Animal 
The term animal means any member of the animal kingdom (except a human).
(2) Article 
The term article means any pest or disease or any material or tangible object that could harbor a pest or disease.
(3) Disease 
The term disease has the meaning given the term by the Secretary.
(4) Enter 
The term enter means to move into the commerce of the United States.
(5) Export 
The term export means to move from a place within the territorial limits of the United States to a place outside the territorial limits of the United States.
(6) Facility 
The term facility means any structure.
(7) Import 
The term import means to move from a place outside the territorial limits of the United States to a place within the territorial limits of the United States.
(8) Indian tribe 
The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 450b of title 25.
(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 
The term livestock means all farm-raised animals.
(11) Means of conveyance 
The term means of conveyance means any personal property used for or intended for use for the movement of any other personal property.
(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 
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(15) State 
The term State means any of the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any territory or possession of the United States.
(16) This chapter 
Except when used in this section, the term this chapter includes any regulation or order issued by the Secretary under the authority of this chapter.
(17) United States 
The term United States means all of the States.