Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 66 — Promotion of Export Trade
§ 4021. Definitions
Statutory text
As used in this subchapter—
the term “export trade” means trade or commerce in goods, wares, merchandise, or services exported, or in the course of being exported, from the United States or any territory thereof to any foreign nation,
the term “service” means intangible economic output, including, but not limited to—
business, repair, and amusement services,
management, legal, engineering, architectural, and other professional services, and
financial, insurance, transportation, informational and any other data-based services, and communication services,
the term “export trade activities” means activities or agreements in the course of export trade,
the term “methods of operation” means any method by which a person conducts or proposes to conduct export trade,
the term “person” means an individual who is a resident of the United States; a partnership that is created under and exists pursuant to the laws of any State or of the United States; a State or local government entity; a corporation, whether organized as a profit or nonprofit corporation, that is created under and exists pursuant to the laws of any State or of the United States; or any association or combination, by contract or other arrangement, between or among such persons,
the term “antitrust laws” means the antitrust laws, as such term is defined in section 12 of this title, and section 45 of this title (to the extent that section 45 of this title prohibits unfair methods of competition), and any State antitrust or unfair competition law,
the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce or his designee, and
the term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States or his designee.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–290 title III § 311 · 96 Stat. 1233
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 4021
(Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 311, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1245.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–290, title III, § 311, Oct. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 1245.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 311. definitions As used in this title— 15 USC 4021. (1) the term “export trade” means trade or commerce in goods, wares, merchandise, or services exported, or in the course of being exported, from the United States or any territory thereof to any foreign nation, (2) the term “service” means intangible economic output, including, but not limited to— (A) business, repair, and amusement services, (B) management, legal, engineering, architectural, and other professional services, and (C) financial, insurance, transportation, informational and any other data-based services, and communication services, (3) the term “export trade activities” means activities or agreements in the course of export trade, (4) the term “methods of operation” means any method by which a person conducts or proposes to conduct export trade, (5) the term “person” means an individual who is a resident of the United States; a partnership that is created under and exists pursuant to the laws of any State or of the United States; a State or local government entity; a corporation, whether organized as a profit or nonprofit corporation, that is created under and exists pursuant to the laws of any State or of the United States; or any association or combination, by contract or other arrangement, between or among such persons, (6) the term “antitrust laws” means the antitrust laws, as such term is defined in the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12), and section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C 45) (to the extent that section 5 prohibits unfair methods of competition), and any State antitrust or unfair competition law, (7) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce or his designee, and (8) the term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States or his designee.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 312 of Pub. L. 97–290, set out as a note under section 4011 of this title.