---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 103"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "103"
heading: "United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/103"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — General"
  - "Chapter 1 — Definitions"
---

# §103. United States


In this title, “United States”, when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 103 | (no source). |  |

The section is included to avoid the necessity for defining “United States” each time it is used in the revised title.