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United States
7 U.S.C. Chapter 8A — RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS
Chapter 8A
Subchapter II
§ 178n
(a)

7 U.S.C. Chapter 8A — RUBBER AND OTHER CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS

In forceThis text since 20 Dec 2018law://us/usc/7/8A/sec_178n__subsec_a@2026-11-10

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(a) Authorization of appropriations to Secretary of Agriculture8 changes
(b) Administration and management2 changes
(c) Contract authority as limited by amounts provided in appropriations acts
(d) Activities limited to critical materials other than native latex after fiscal 1988

Contents

(a) Authorization of appropriations to Secretary of Agriculture8 changes
(b) Administration and management2 changes
(c) Contract authority as limited by amounts provided in appropriations acts
(d) Activities limited to critical materials other than native latex after fiscal 1988

(a)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this subchapter—

(1)such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2013; and

(2)$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.

United States Government work; public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

Key facts

Type: US Code chapter · 7 U.S.C. ch. 8A
Text current to: 3 Nov 2026
Made by: United States Congress

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History · 1 version

20 Dec 2018Reading
changed by Pub. L. 115–334

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Amended by 8: Pub. L. 101–624; Pub. L. 115–334; Pub. L. 113–79; Pub. L. 110–246; Pub. L. 107–171; Pub. L. 105–185; Pub. L. 104–127; Pub. L. 98–284

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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.
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.
Secretaries
means the Secretary of Agriculture and/or the Secretary of Commerce acting each separately or jointly.
State
means each of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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