36 USC § 50101 - Definition

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title: "36 USC § 50101 - Definition"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "50101"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 501
chapter_name: "DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861–1865"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1341.)"
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# § 50101. 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. 1341.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 50101 | 36:3713. | Dec. 9, 1985, Pub. L. 99–172, § 14, 99 Stat. 1022. |

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”.