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Code · U.S. Code · Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE · CHAPTER 1— DEFINITIONS · § 103

§ 103. United States

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In this title, “United States”, when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.)
The section is included to avoid the necessity for defining “United States” each time it is used in the revised title.
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