2019 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 9 - Foreign Wars, War Materials, and Neutrality
Subchapter I - War Materials
Sec. 408a - "United States" defined

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 408a (2019)
Section Name §408a. "United States" defined
Section Text

The term "United States" as used in this Act includes the Canal Zone and all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Source Credit

(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, §1, 40 Stat. 231.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217, as amended, which enacted sections 31 to 39, 98, 130 to 133, 288, 343 to 346, 381, 502, 535, 536, 574, and 611 to 633 of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, sections 213, 231 to 233, 235, 401 to 408a, 462, and 465 of this title, and sections 30 to 42, former section 191, former sections 192 to 194, and section 195 of Title 50, War and National Defense, and amended sections 25, 27, and 349 of former Title 18. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 9 - FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
SUBCHAPTER I - WAR MATERIALS
Sec. 408a - United States" defined
Contains section 408a
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 40 Stat. 231, 217
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