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[CITE: 42USC27]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 1--THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 27. Definitions

    The terms ``State'' and ``States,'' as used in this chapter, shall 
be held to include the District of Columbia.

(July 9, 1918, ch. 143, ch. XV, Sec. 8, 40 Stat. 887.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, means chapter XV of act July 9, 
1918, ch. 143, 40 Stat. 887, which, insofar as classified to the Code, 
enacted sections 24 to 27 of this title and amended section 28 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
