10 USC § 255 - Guam and Virgin Islands included as “State”

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s255"
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title: "10 USC § 255 - Guam and Virgin Islands included as “State”"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "255"
section_name: "Guam and Virgin Islands included as “State”"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "INSURRECTION"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 90–497, § 11, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847, § 335; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(11)(A), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2920; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(8), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3441; renumbered § 255, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)"
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# § 255. Guam and Virgin Islands included as “State”

For purposes of this chapter, the term “State” includes Guam and the Virgin Islands.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 90–497, § 11, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847, § 335; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(11)(A), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2920; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(8), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3441; renumbered § 255, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016— renumbered  as this section.

2006— struck out “the unincorporated territories of” before “Guam”.

1980— inserted “and Virgin Islands” after “Guam” in section catchline and inserted provision respecting applicability to the Virgin Islands.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

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