39 CFR § 778.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s778.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 778.2 - What definitions apply to these regulations?"
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "778.2"
section_name: "What definitions apply to these regulations?"
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "778"
part_name: "INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF POSTAL SERVICE FACILITY ACTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "39 U.S.C. 401."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 29376, June 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "778"
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# 778.2 What definitions apply to these regulations?
*Order* means Executive Order 12372, issued July 14, 1982, and amended April 8, 1983, and titled “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.”
*State* means any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.