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# 42 U.S.C. § 18111 - Definitions

## Text

Unless specifically provided for otherwise, the definitions contained in section 300gg–91 of this title shall apply with respect to this title.11 See References in Text note below.

(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1551, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 258.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThis title, where footnoted in text, is title I of Pub. L. 111–148, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 130, which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and transferred numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.