Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

36 U.S.C. § 140701

Definition

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

Pub. L. 105–225112 Stat. 1384(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

140701

36:5016.

Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, § 1817, 106 Stat. 2584.

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”.