{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3528","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3528.","heading":"Definition","status":null,"guid":"idbec96c9c-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1208, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2163.)","seq_in_title":1188,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch224","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII","level":"part","num":"PART II—","heading":"CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch224","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 224—","heading":"PROTECTION OF WITNESSES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id754b1f78-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3528\"><num value=\"3528\">§ 3528.</num><heading> Definition</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">For purposes of this chapter, the term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id754b1f79-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/tII/s1208\">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1208</ref>, <date date=\"1984-10-12\">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/98/2163\">98 Stat. 2163</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id754b1f7a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id754b1f7b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id754b1f7c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"1984-10-01\">Oct. 1, 1984</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/s1210\">section 1210 of Pub. L. 98–473</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3521\">section 3521 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}