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§21001. Definition

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 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".