22 USC § 408a - “United States” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s408a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 408a - “United States” defined"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "408a"
section_name: "“United States” defined"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "WAR MATERIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, § 1, 40 Stat. 231.)"
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# § 408a. “United States” defined

The term “United States” as used in this Act includes the Canal Zone and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, § 1, 40 Stat. 231.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means , , which enacted sections 31 to 39, 98, 130 to 133, 288, 343 to 346, 381, 502, 535, 536, 574, and 611 to 633 of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, sections 213, 231 to 233, 235, 401 to 408a, 462, and 465 of this title, and sections 30 to 42, former section 191, former sections 192 to 194, and , War and National Defense, and amended sections 25, 27, and 349 of former Title 18. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see .