---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20201"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20201"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20201"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 202 — Air Force Sergeants Association"
---

# §20201. Definition


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


## Source credit

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

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>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”.