---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21101"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21101"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21101"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 211 — American Gold Star Mothers, Incorporated"
---

# §21101. Definition


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


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1292.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21101 | 36:2413. | June 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98–314, § 14, 98 Stat. 239. |

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