---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 582a–7"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "582a–7"
heading: "“State” defined"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/582a-7"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Forests; Forest Service; Reforestation; Management"
  - "Subchapter III — Research Programs"
---

# §582a–7. “State” defined


The term “[State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a)” as used in this subchapter shall include Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–788, § 8, Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 92–318, title V, § 506(j), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 351.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1972—Pub. L. 92–318 inserted reference to Virgin Islands and Guam.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 92–318 effective after June 30, 1970, see section 506(n) of Pub. L. 92–318, set out as an Effective Date note under section 326a of Title 7, Agriculture.