42 USC § 10241 - “State” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10241"
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title: "42 USC § 10241 - “State” defined"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10241"
section_name: "“State” defined"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE NEGOTIATOR"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–425, title IV, § 401, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5041, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–243; amended Pub. L. 102–486, title VIII, § 802(b), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2923.)"
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# § 10241. “State” defined

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “State” means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–425, title IV, § 401, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5041, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–243; amended Pub. L. 102–486, title VIII, § 802(b), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2923.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

and  added identical sections.

### Amendments

1992— substituted “several States and the District of Columbia.” for “several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, any other territory or possession of the United States, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.”