36 U.S.C. § 170301
Section 170301 · Definition
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For purposes of this chapter, “State” includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 170301 36:3613. Oct. 7, 1985, Pub. L. 99–119, §14, 99 Stat. 500. 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”.