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§154701. Definition

36 U.S.C. § 154701

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

Notes, amendments, and revision history

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1437.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
154701 36:4014. Apr. 6, 1988, Pub. L. 100–281, § 15, 102 Stat. 75.

The words “the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands” are omitted as included in “the territories and possessions of the United States”.