Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026) , except 119-101

36 U.S.C. § 50101

Definition

Section text and notes

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”.