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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 · Sec. 6302

Sec. 6302. CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 6302 CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS Section 1403 of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Act (20 U.S.C. 4702) is amended— ####
(1)by striking paragraph
(5)and inserting the following new paragraph (5): > > #### “(5) > > The term ‘State’ means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and any other territory or possession of the United States.” > ; and ####
(2)by striking paragraph (6), by inserting the following new paragraph (6): > > #### “(6) > > The term ‘eligible person’ means— > > > ##### “(A) > > a permanent resident alien of the United States; > > > ##### “(B) > > a citizen or national of the United States; > > > ##### “(C) > > a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federal States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; or > > > ##### “(D) > > any person who may be admitted to lawfully engage in occupations and establish residence as a nonimmigrant in the United States as permitted under the Compact of Free Association agreements with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federal States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.” > .
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