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# 33 U.S.C. § 2219 - Definitions

## Text

For purposes of this subchapter, terms shall have the meanings given by section 2241 of this title.

(Pub. L. 99–662, title I, § 109, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4089.)