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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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