§ 21001. Definition  


Latest version.
  • For purposes of this chapter, “State” includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(5)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3242.)

Historical And Revision

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

21001

36 App.:5915.

Aug. 13, 1998, Pub. L. 105–231, § 16, 112 Stat. 1532.

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”.