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

36 U.S.C. § 240101

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. 1488(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

240101

36:3113.

Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–584, § 14, 98 Stat. 3099.

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”.