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<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">In this chapter, the term “Washington metropolitan region” includes the District of Columbia, the counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in Maryland, and the counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id38bb160d-56ae-11e3-9436-86e561d18d41">(<ref href="/us/pl/107/217">Pub. L. 107–217</ref>, <date date="2002-08-21">Aug. 21, 2002</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/116/1210">116 Stat. 1210</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<p style=""><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Historical and Revision Notes</span></p></th>
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<th style="min-width: 44.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center; margin-bottom:0em;"><i>Revised</i></p><p style=" text-align:center; margin-top:0em;"><i>Section</i></p></th><th style="width:68.0pt ; max-width:68.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Source (U.S. Code)</i></p></th><th style="width:94.0pt ; max-width:94.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Source (Statutes at Large)</i></p></th></tr>
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<tr style="border-top:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;" class="leaders"><span>8301</span></p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">40:135.</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:1px solid black; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;"><a href="/us/pl/86/527/s6">Pub. L. 86–527, § 6</a>, <span class="date">June 27, 1960</span>, <a href="/us/stat/74/224">74 Stat. 224</a>.</p></td></tr>
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