36 USC § 21001 - Definition

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title: "36 USC § 21001 - Definition"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "21001"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 210
chapter_name: "AMERICAN GI FORUM OF THE UNITED STATES"
part_number: "B"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(5)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3242.)"
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# § 21001. 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**: (Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(5)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3242.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 21001 | 36 App.:5915. | Aug. 13, 1998, Pub. L. 105–231, § 16, 112 Stat. 1532. |

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”.