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[CITE: 7USC3508]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
         CHAPTER 66--AGRICULTURAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE
 
Sec. 3508. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter--
        (1) the term ``agricultural land'' means any land located in one 
    or more States and used for agricultural, forestry, or timber 
    production purposes as determined by the Secretary under regulations 
    to be prescribed by the Secretary;
        (2) the term ``foreign government'' means any government other 
    than the Federal Government or any government of a State or a 
    political subdivision of a State;
        (3) the term ``foreign person'' means--
            (A) any individual--
                (i) who is not a citizen or national of the United 
            States;
                (ii) who is not a citizen of the Northern Mariana 
            Islands or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; or
                (iii) who is not lawfully admitted to the United States 
            for permanent residence, or paroled into the United States, 
            under the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
            seq.];

            (B) any person, other than an individual or a government, 
        which is created or organized under the laws of a foreign 
        government or which has its principal place of business located 
        outside of all the States;
            (C) any person, other than an individual or a government--
                (i) which is created or organized under the laws of any 
            State; and
                (ii) in which, as determined by the Secretary under 
            regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, a 
            significant interest or substantial control is directly or 
            indirectly held--
                    (I) by any individual referred to in subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (II) by any person referred to in subparagraph (B);
                    (III) by any foreign government; or
                    (IV) by any combination of such individuals, 
                persons, or governments; and

            (D) any foreign government;

        (4) the term ``person'' includes any individual, corporation, 
    company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock 
    company, trust, estate, or any other legal entity;
        (5) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture; 
    and
        (6) the term ``State'' means any of the several States, the 
    District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 
    Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust 
    Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any other territory or 
    possession of the United States.

(Pub. L. 95-460, Sec. 9, Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1266.)

                       References in Text

    The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in par. 
(3)(A)(iii), is act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended, 
which is classified principally to chapter 12 (Sec. 1101 et seq.) of 
Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of Title 8 
and Tables.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 608c of this title.
