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

36 U.S.C. § 151501

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. 1402(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

151501

36:2013.

Aug. 9, 1982, Pub. L. 97–231, § 14, 96 Stat. 258.

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