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[CITE: 36USC80501]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                 CHAPTER 805--GOLD STAR WIVES OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 80501. 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. 1362.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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80501.................................  36:1613.                         Dec. 4
, 1980, Pub. L. 96-497, Sec.  14,
                                                                          94 St
at. 2597.
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    The word ``includes'' is substituted for ``means'' for consistency 
in the revised title. The word ``several'' is omitted as unnecessary. 
The words ``the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico'' are omitted as included in 
``the territories and possessions of the United States''.
