2011 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle I - General (§§ 101 - 505)
Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 101 - 116)
Section 114 - United States

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 46 - SHIPPING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle I - General
CHAPTER 1 - DEFINITIONS
Sec. 114 - United States
Containssection 114
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 109-304, §4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.
Statutes at Large References49 Stat. 2016
94 Stat. 2008
120 Stat. 1487
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 96-453, Public Law 109-304

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46 USC § 114 (2011)
§114. United States

In this title, the term “United States”, when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

(Pub. L. 109–304, §4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1487.)

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Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
114 46:2101(44).
46 App.:1244(g). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title IX, §905(g), 49 Stat. 2016; as added Pub. L. 96–453, §3(b), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2008.

The language in 46 App. U.S.C. 1244(g) relating to the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama is omitted because those areas and installations were turned over to Panama by the end of 1999.

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