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

36 U.S.C. § 50101

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. 1341(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

50101

36:3713.

Dec. 9, 1985, Pub. L. 99–172, § 14, 99 Stat. 1022.

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”.