of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. (P) Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4) ). (Q) Educational assistance programs under chapters 30 through 36 of title 38, United States Code. (29) Rural area The term rural area means an area in a frontier State. (30) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Labor. (31) Sponsor The term sponsor means any employer, joint labor-management organization, trade association, committee, professional association, labor organization, education and training provider, or qualified intermediary— (A) in whose name a apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, or youth apprenticeship program is (or is to be) registered by a registration agency under section 124