§ 240101. Definition  


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

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1488.)

Historical And Revision

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”.