{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s27","title_num":"42","num":"§ 27.","heading":"Definitions","status":null,"guid":"id5c2cb650-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(July 9, 1918, ch. 143, ch. XV, § 8, 40 Stat. 887.)","seq_in_title":8,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch1/schI","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch1","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 1—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch1/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"GENERALLY","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=\"id370a1ecc-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s27\"><num value=\"27\">§ 27.</num><heading> Definitions</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The terms “State” and “States,” as used in this chapter, shall be held to include the District of Columbia.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id370a1ecd-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1918-07-09/ch143\">July 9, 1918, ch. 143</ref>, ch. XV, § 8, <ref href=\"/us/stat/40/887\">40 Stat. 887</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id370a1ece-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id370a1ecf-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">This chapter, referred to in text, means chapter XV of <ref href=\"/us/act/1918-07-09/ch143\">act July 9, 1918, ch. 143</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/40/887\">40 Stat. 887</ref>, which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 24 to 27 of this title and amended <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s28\">section 28 of this title</ref>. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.</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":"113-44","currency_date":"2013-10-10","congress":113,"law_num":44,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":3,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","08","11a","16","21","22","30","38","42","50"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}