15 USC § 6717 - Definition of State

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title: "15 USC § 6717 - Definition of State"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "6717"
section_name: "Definition of State"
chapter_number: 93
chapter_name: "INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "STATE REGULATION OF INSURANCE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–102, title III, § 308, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1417.)"
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# § 6717. Definition of State

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–102, title III, § 308, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1417.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§ 301 et seq.) of title III of , which enacted this subchapter and , Banks and Banking. For complete classification of this subtitle to the Code, see Tables.

## Executive Documents

### Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.