42 USC § 27 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s27"
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title: "42 USC § 27 - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "27"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 9, 1918, ch. 143, ch. XV, § 8, 40 Stat. 887.)"
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# § 27. Definitions

The terms “State” and “States,” as used in this chapter, shall be held to include the District of Columbia.

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**Source Credit**: (July 9, 1918, ch. 143, ch. XV, § 8, 40 Stat. 887.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, means chapter XV of , , which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 24 to 27 of this title and amended . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.