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

36 U.S.C. § 230501

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. 1486(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

230501

36:3814.

May 23, 1986, Pub. L. 99–318, § 15, 100 Stat. 476.

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