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title: "25 U.S.C. § 1962"
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title_number: 25
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citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1962"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
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# 25 U.S.C. § 1962 - Copies to the States

## Text

Within sixty days after November 8, 1978, the Secretary shall send to the Governor, chief justice of the highest court of appeal, and the attorney general of each State a copy of this chapter, together with committee reports and an explanation of the provisions of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 95–608, title IV, § 402, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3078.)