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[CITE: 16USC590q]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                      CHAPTER 3B--SOIL CONSERVATION
 
Sec. 590q. Coverage; ``State'' defined; short title

    (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, Sec. 17, as added Feb. 29, 1936, ch. 104, 
Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1151; amended July 26, 1947, ch. 339, Sec. 2, 61 Stat. 
494; Pub. L. 86-70, Sec. 13(b), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 143; Pub. L. 86-
624. Sec. 8(b), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 412; Pub. L. 98-454, title VI, 
Sec. 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    Section 3 of act July 26, 1947, repealed all laws in conflict 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 7 sections 1388, 1391, 1392; 
title 12 section 1150a.
