7 USC § 349 - “State” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s349"
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title: "7 USC § 349 - “State” defined"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "349"
section_name: "“State” defined"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK APPROPRIATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 10, as added Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(i), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745; amended Pub. L. 92–318, title V, § 506(h), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 99–396, § 9(f), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 840.)"
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# § 349. “State” defined

The term “State” means the States of the Union, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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**Source Credit**: (May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 10, as added Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(i), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 745; amended Pub. L. 92–318, title V, § 506(h), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 99–396, § 9(f), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1986— amended section generally, expanding definition of “State” to include the Northern Mariana Islands.

1972— inserted reference to Virgin Islands and Guam.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Amendment by  effective after , see , set out as a note under .