### Question
What does drought monitor mean?


### Answer
**Drought monitor** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 9081*:

> a system for classifying drought severity according to a range of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, as defined by the Secretary

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 9081*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 115-AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER IV-SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS**

