36 USC § 60101 - Definition
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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s60101"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 60101 - Definition"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "60101"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 601
chapter_name: "82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION 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. 1345.)"
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# § 60101. 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. 1345.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 60101 | 36:4813. | Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101–510, title XVI, § 1614, 104 Stat. 1738. |
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”.