7 U.S.C. § 178a : US Code - Section 178A: Definitions

Search 7 U.S.C. § 178a : US Code - Section 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.