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

36 U.S.C. § 21001

Definition

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

Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(5)(A)112 Stat. 3242(Added , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

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”.