---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21001"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21001"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21001"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 210 — American Gi Forum of the United States"
---

# §21001. 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(5)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3242.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21001 | 36 App.:5915. | Aug. 13, 1998, Pub. L. 105–231, § 16, 112 Stat. 1532. |

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”.