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# 36 U.S.C. § 120112 - Definition

## Text

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

(Added Pub. L. 110–254, § 1(a)(2), June 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2421.)