§ 140701 - Definition

CHAPTER 1407— MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS

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

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 14070136:5016.Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, § 1817, 106 Stat. 2584.

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”.