2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 3B - Soil Conservation (Sections 590a - 590q-3)
Sec. 590q - Coverage; "State" defined; short title
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 3B - SOIL CONSERVATION Sec. 590q - Coverage; "State" defined; short title |
| Contains | section 590q |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | 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. |
| Statutes at Large References | 49 Stat. 1151 61 Stat. 494 73 Stat. 143 74 Stat. 412 98 Stat. 1736 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 86-70, Public Law 86-624, Public Law 98-454 |
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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.)
AMENDMENTS1984—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.
REPEALSSection 3 of act July 26, 1947, repealed all laws in conflict therewith.
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