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Code · U.S. Code · Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS · CHAPTER 83— BUY AMERICAN · § 8301

§ 8301. Definitions

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In this chapter:
(1)Public building, public use, and public work.— The terms “public building”, “public use”, and “public work” mean a public building of, use by, and a public work of, the Federal Government, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
(2)United states.— The term “United States” includes any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(3)Federal agency.— The term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term “executive agency” in section 133 of this title.
(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3830; Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title IX, § 70922(d), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1304.)
In paragraph (1), the words “the Philippine Islands” are omitted because of Proclamation No. 2695 (22 U.S.C. 1394 note). The words “the Canal Zone” are omitted because of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
In paragraph (2), the words “when used in a geographical sense” are omitted as unnecessary.
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  • Pub. L. 111–350, § 3
  • 124 Stat. 3830
  • 135 Stat. 1304
  • 135 Stat. 1294
  • 136 Stat. 1502
  • 138 Stat. 2208
  • Public Law 66–261
  • act June 5, 1920, ch. 250
  • section 24405 of title 49
  • Pub. L. 100–371, title V, § 508
  • 102 Stat. 875
  • 47 Stat. 1520
  • 41 U.S.C. 10a–10c
  • 41 Stat. 988
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