Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 4 — Animals, Meats, and Meat and Dairy Products
§ 149. Definitions
Statutory text
When used in this subchapter—
The term “person” means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.
The term “United States” means the fifty States and the District of Columbia.
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. 69–155 § 9 · 44 Stat. 300
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 149
Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 9, 44 Stat. 1103
Source evidence
Code source credit
Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 9, 44 Stat. 1103Alaska Omnibus Act
Pub. L. 86–70 § 19 · 73 Stat. 141
Inserted · 21 U.S.C. § 149(b)
Pub. L. 86–70 inserted “, including Alaska” after “continental United States”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–70 inserted “, including Alaska” after “continental United States”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 19. importation of milk and cream Subsection (b) of section 9 of the Act of February 15, 1927 (21 U.S.C. 149(b)), is amended by inserting the words, including 44 Stat. 1103. Alaska” immediately following the words “continental United States”.Hawaii Omnibus Act
Pub. L. 86–624 § 15 · 74 Stat. 411
Substituted · 21 U.S.C. § 149(b)
Pub. L. 86–624 substituted “means the fifty States and the District of Columbia” for “means continental United States, including Alaska”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–624 substituted “means the fifty States and the District of Columbia” for “means continental United States, including Alaska”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 15. importation of milk and cream Subsection (b) of section 9 of the Act of February 15, 1927 (44 Stat. 1103), as amended, is amended to read: 21 USC 149. “(b) The term ‘United States’ means the fifty States and the District of Columbia.”
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1959–1960 · 2 rounds
1960
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–624 substituted “means the fifty States and the District of Columbia” for “means continental United States, including Alaska”.
1959
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–70 inserted “, including Alaska” after “continental United States”.
Credits
1927–1960 · 3 acts
- 1927Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 9, 44 Stat. 1103
- 1959Pub. L. 86–70, § 19, , 73 Stat. 145
- 1960Pub. L. 86–624, § 15, , 74 Stat. 415.
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(Feb. 15, 1927, ch. 155, § 9, 44 Stat. 1103; Pub. L. 86–70, § 19, , 73 Stat. 145; Pub. L. 86–624, § 15, , 74 Stat. 415.)