<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="id1586cd28-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s40312"><num value="40312">§ 40312.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">In this subchapter:</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1586cd29-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s40312/1"><num value="1" class="bold">(1)</num><heading class="bold"> Attorney General</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1586cd2a-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s40312/2"><num value="2" class="bold">(2)</num><heading class="bold"> Compact</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “Compact” means the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t34/s40316">section 40316 of this title</ref>.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1586cd2b-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s40312/3"><num value="3" class="bold">(3)</num><heading class="bold"> Council</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “Council” means the Compact Council established under Article VI of the Compact.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1586cd2c-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s40312/4"><num value="4" class="bold">(4)</num><heading class="bold"> FBI</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “FBI” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1586cd2d-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s40312/5"><num value="5" class="bold">(5)</num><heading class="bold"> Party State</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “Party State” means a State that has ratified the Compact.</p>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I79" class="indent3 firstIndent-2" id="id1586cd2e-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388" identifier="/us/usc/t34/s40312/6"><num value="6" class="bold">(6)</num><heading class="bold"> State</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1">The term “State” means any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</p>
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<sourceCredit id="id1586cd2f-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388">(<ref href="/us/pl/105/251/tII/s213">Pub. L. 105–251, title II, § 213</ref>, <date date="1998-10-09">Oct. 9, 1998</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/112/1874">112 Stat. 1874</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="id1586cd31-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section was formerly classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s14612">section 14612 of Title 42</ref>, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.</p>
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