15 U.S.C. § 1821 — Definitions

The term “management” means any person who organizes, exercises control over, or administers or who is responsible for organizing, directing, or administering.

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

The term “sore” when used to describe a horse means that—

and, as a result of such application, infliction, injection, use, or practice, such horse suffers, or can reasonably be expected to suffer, physical pain or distress, inflammation, or lameness when walking, trotting, or otherwise moving, except that such term does not include such an application, infliction, injection, use, or practice in connection with the therapeutic treatment of a horse by or under the supervision of a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the State in which such treatment was given.

The term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.