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§ 255. Guam and Virgin Islands included as “State”

For purposes of this chapter, the term “State” includes Guam and the Virgin Islands.

(Added Pub. L. 90–497, § 11, Sept. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 847, § 335; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(11)(A), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2920; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(8), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3441; renumbered § 255, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)