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

36 U.S.C. § 70101

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. 1347(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

70101

36:5615.

Sept. 23, 1996, Pub. L. 104–201, title XVIII, § 1816, 110 Stat. 2762.

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”.