State is defined to include the District of Columbia and five territories
What the document says“For purposes of this section, the term `State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
Paragraph (3) of the new subsection (c). It settles which places the words State and Governor in the preceding paragraphs reach, naming the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The definition applies for purposes of section 7508A only.
What the document actually says“For purposes of this section, the term `State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”
The word State means more than the 50 states here. DC counts. Puerto Rico counts. Guam counts. The Virgin Islands count. American Samoa counts. The Northern Mariana Islands count.
Many laws use the word state in a broad way. This one says which places count. Each named place can use the new rule.
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