16-U.S.C.-590Q
§590Q – Coverage; “state” Defined; Short Title
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- Reference: Section 590q
- Legend: §590Q – Coverage; “state” Defined; Short Title
- USCode Year: 2013
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(a) This chapter shall apply to the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, and, as used in this chapter, the term State includes Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
(b) This chapter may be cited as the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, §17, as added Feb. 29, 1936, ch. 104, §1, 49 Stat. 1151; amended July 26, 1947, ch. 339, §2, 61 Stat. 494; Pub. L. 86–70, §13(b), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 143; Pub. L. 86–624. §8(b), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 412; Pub. L. 98–454, title VI, §601(d), Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1736.)
Amendments
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–454 inserted reference to Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands in two places.
1960—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–624 substituted States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for States, the Territory of Hawaii, and the possessions of Puerto Rico, and struck out Hawaii from definition of State.
1959—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–70 substituted the States, the Territory of Hawaii, for the United States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, and struck out Alaska, after the term ‘State’ includes.
1947—Subsec. (a). Act July 26, 1947, included the Virgin Islands.
Repeals
Section 3 of act July 26, 1947, repealed all laws in conflict therewith.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
16-U.S.C.-590H in the Legal Encyclopedia: Conservation
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