Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Critical Agricultural Materials Act · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. **[**[7 U.S.C. 178a](/us/usc/t7/s178a)**]**

118 words·~1 min read·/statute-compilations/comps-10290/sec-3

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

## Sec. 3 **[**[7 U.S.C. 178a](/us/usc/t7/s178a)**]** As used in this Act— ###
(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.
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 3
**[**[7 U.S.C. 178a](/us/usc/t7/s178a)**]**
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.