---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15065"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "15065"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/15065"
units:
  - "Chapter 144 — Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights"
  - "Subchapter I — Programs for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities"
  - "Part D — National Network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service"
---

# §15065. Definition


In this part, the term “[State](/usc/42/15092.md?p=a-5)” means each of the several [States](/usc/42/15092.md?p=a-5) of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–402, title I, § 155, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1725.)