Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§178a Definitions
Title 7 › CHAPTER 8A — RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS › SUBCHAPTER II — CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS › § 178a
Summary
Defines key terms. "State" means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "Secretaries" means the Secretary of Agriculture and/or the Secretary of Commerce, acting alone or together. "Commercialization" is when private business will pay to build full-scale production. "Native" means plants that contain hydrocarbons and other important North American crops, especially Parthenium (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 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102