7 U.S.C. § 178a — Definitions

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. ( Pub. L. 95–592, § 3 , Nov. 4, 1978 , 92 Stat. 2529 ; Pub. L. 98–284, § 3 , May 16, 1984 , 98 Stat. 181 .) Editorial Notes Amendments 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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