### Question
How is the term drought monitor defined?


### Answer
The term **drought monitor** is defined in *19 U.S.C. § 2497* as the following:

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

#### Citation:
  - *19 U.S.C. § 2497*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12-TRADE ACT OF 1974 > SUBCHAPTER VIII-SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE**

