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For purposes of this chapter, “State” includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States. (Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(5)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3242.) Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2100136 App.:5915.Aug. 13, 1998, Pub. L. 105–231, § 16, 112 Stat. 1532. 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”.

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