1996 US Code
Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 12 - VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES
Sec. 195 - United States” defined
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 12 - VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES Sec. 195 - United States” defined |
| Contains | section 195 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, §1, 40 Stat. 231; Sept. 27, 1979, Pub. L. 96-70, title III, §3302(b), 93 Stat. 498. |
| Statutes at Large References | 40 Stat. 231, 217 93 Stat. 498 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-70 |
§195. “United States” defined
The term “United States” as used in this Act includes all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, §1, 40 Stat. 231; Sept. 27, 1979, Pub. L. 96–70, title III, §3302(b), 93 Stat. 498.)
References in TextThis Act, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217, as amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
CodificationSection was formerly classified to section 40 of this title. In the original this section defined “United States” as used in act June 15, 1917. Other provisions of that act were contained in sections 31 to 42 of this title and certain sections of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure. The definition of “United States” as used in present provisions derived from those former sections is covered by sections 5 and 14 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Amendments1979—Pub. L. 96–70 struck out “the Canal Zone and” after “this Act includes”.
Effective Date of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–70 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 3304 of Pub. L. 96–70, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
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