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§20201. Definition

36 U.S.C. § 20201

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

(Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(4)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3239.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
20201 36 App.:5815. Nov. 18, 1997, Pub. L. 105–85, title XV, § 1516, 111 Stat. 1966.

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”.