For purposes of this chapter, "State" includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States.

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152701 36:1513. Dec. 2, 1980, Pub. L. 96–489, §14, 94 Stat. 2555.

The words "the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" are omitted as included in "the territories and possessions of the United States".


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