36 USC § 190301 - Definition
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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s190301"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 190301 - Definition"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "190301"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 1903
chapter_name: "RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1449.)"
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# § 190301. Definition
For purposes of this chapter, “State” includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1449.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 190301 | 36:5117. | Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, § 1838, 106 Stat. 2586. |
The words “the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands” are omitted as included in “the territories and possessions of the United States”.