---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140412"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140412"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140412"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1404 — Military Officers Association of America"
---

# §140412. Definition


In this chapter, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–95, § 1(a), Nov. 6, 2009, 123 Stat. 3003.)