46 U.S.C. § 114 (2024)
This is the official text of 46 U.S.C. § 114 (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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In this title, the term "United States", when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
114
46:2101(44).
46 App.:1244(g).
June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, §905(g), 49 Stat. 2016; as added Pub. L. 96–453, §3(b), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2008.
The language in 46 App. U.S.C. 1244(g) relating to the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama is omitted because those areas and installations were turned over to Panama by the end of 1999.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
114
46:2101(44).
46 App.:1244(g).
June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, §905(g), 49 Stat. 2016; as added Pub. L. 96–453, §3(b), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2008.
The language in 46 App. U.S.C. 1244(g) relating to the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama is omitted because those areas and installations were turned over to Panama by the end of 1999.
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