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§178a Definitions

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 8A— - RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS › § 178a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this part. "State" means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "Secretaries" means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce, each acting alone or both acting together. "Commercialization" means the point when a technology is ready and private businesses will invest in a full-scale production facility. "Native" means hydrocarbon-bearing plants and other North American crops useful for industry, especially Parthenium plants like Guayule.

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Title 7, §178a

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As used in this subchapter—
(a)The term “State” means each of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b)The term “Secretaries” means the Secretary of Agriculture and/or the Secretary of Commerce acting each separately or jointly.
(c)The term “commercialization” means the stage in the development or advancement of a technology at which point private enterprise is willing to invest in a full-scale production facility.
(d)The term “native” means hydrocarbon-containing plants and other agricultural crops of strategic and industrial importance which may be cultured in North America, especially plants which are members of the genus Parthenium known as Guayule.

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1984—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–284, § 3(a), inserted “and other agricultural crops of strategic and industrial importance” and “plants which are”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98–284, § 3(b), struck out subsec. (e) which defined “Regional Commissions” as the Regional Action Planning Commissions established pursuant to title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.

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7 U.S.C. § 178a

Title 7Agriculture

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73