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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 5376 (Reported in House) — To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14. · Sec. 70704

Sec. 70704. Definitions

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For the purposes of this subtitle: The term Freely Associated States means the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. The term United States-affiliated Insular Areas means the territories and Freely Associated States. The term territories means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The term territory means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States.
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