42 U.S.C. § 27 (2024)
This is the official text of 42 U.S.C. § 27 (2024), part of Federal (US Code)’s United States Code — the codified general and permanent federal statutes of the United States, organized into more than 50 numbered titles by subject.
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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, §8, 40 Stat. 887.)
Editorial Notes
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.
(July 9, 1918, ch. 143, ch. XV, §8, 40 Stat. 887.)
Editorial Notes
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.
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