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[CITE: 36USC140701]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
             CHAPTER 1407--MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS
 
Sec. 140701. Definition

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

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1384.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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140701................................  36:5016.                         Oct. 2
3, 1992, Pub. L. 102-484, title
                                                                          XVIII
, Sec.  1817, 106 Stat. 2584.
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    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''.
