15 CFR § 705.1 - Definitions.

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title: "15 CFR § 705.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "705.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL BASE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "705"
part_name: "EFFECT OF IMPORTED ARTICLES ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY"
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authority: "Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862) and Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979 (44 FR 69273, December 3, 1979)."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 14693, Apr. 6, 1982, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989."
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# 705.1 Definitions.

As used in this part:

*Department* means the United States Department of Commerce and includes the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary's designees.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary's designees.

*Applicant* means the person or entity submitting a request or application for an investigation pursuant to this part.