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§170301. Definition

36 U.S.C. § 170301

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. 1442.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
170301 36:3613. Oct. 7, 1985, Pub. L. 99–119, § 14, 99 Stat. 500.

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”.