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<title>To amend title 1, United States Code, to provide for a definition of the term "State" and to include territories therein, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id117hr1423v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-04-07">
<action-date>2021-02-26</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill provides that, in determining the meaning of any federal statute or any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the term&nbsp;<em>state</em> shall include any U.S. territory, unless the statute, rule, regulation, or interpretation explicitly excludes the territories from the definition of the term or otherwise precludes their inclusion.</p>]]></summary-text>
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