42 USC § 8303 - Territorial application

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s8303"
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title: "42 USC § 8303 - Territorial application"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "8303"
section_name: "Territorial application"
chapter_number: 92
chapter_name: "POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–620, title I, § 104, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3298; Pub. L. 100–42, § 1(c)(3), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 311.)"
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# § 8303. Territorial application

The provisions of this chapter shall only apply within the contiguous 48 States and the District of Columbia.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–620, title I, § 104, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3298; Pub. L. 100–42, § 1(c)(3), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 311.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1987— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of this chapter shall apply in all the States, Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States, except that—

“(1) the provisions of subchapters II and III of this chapter (other than ) shall only apply to powerplants and installations situated within the contiguous 48 States, Alaska, and the District of Columbia; and

“(2) the provisions of  shall only apply to powerplants situated within the contiguous 48 States and the District of Columbia.”