Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 19 : Section 81a


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 81a. Definitions

      When used in this chapter - 
      (a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce;
      (b) The term "Board" means the Board which is established to
    carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall consist
    of the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be chairman and executive
    officer of the Board, and the Secretary of the Treasury;
      (c) The term "State" includes any State, the District of
    Columbia, and Puerto Rico;
      (d) The term "corporation" means a public corporation and a
    private corporation, as defined in this chapter;
      (e) The term "public corporation" means a State, political
    subdivision thereof, a municipality, a public agency of a State,
    political subdivision thereof, or municipality, or a corporate
    municipal instrumentality of one or more States;
      (f) The term "private corporation" means any corporation (other
    than a public corporation) which is organized for the purpose of
    establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone and
    which is chartered under special Act enacted after June 18, 1934,
    of the State or States within which it is to operate such zone;
      (g) The term "applicant" means a corporation applying for the
    right to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign-trade zone;
      (h) The term "grantee" means a corporation to which the privilege
    of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone
    has been granted;
      (i) The term "zone" means a "foreign-trade zone" as provided in
    this chapter.



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