Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 20 — Regulation of Insurance
§ 1015. “State” defined
Statutory text
As used in this chapter, the term “State” includes the several States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the District of Columbia.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 79–20 § 5 · 59 Stat. 33
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1015
Mar. 9, 1945, ch. 20, § 5, 59 Stat. 34
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 9, 1945, ch. 20, § 5, 59 Stat. 34Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. As used in this Act, the term “State” includes the several States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1956—Act , included “Guam” in definition of State.
Executive Documents
Admission of Alaska and Hawaii to Statehood
Alaska was admitted into the Union on , on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, , 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, and Hawaii was admitted into the Union on , on issuance of Proc. No. 3309, , 24 F.R. 6868, 73 Stat. c74. For Alaska Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 85–508, , 72 Stat. 339, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For Hawaii Statehood Law, see Pub. L. 86–3, , 73 Stat. 4, set out as a note preceding section 491 of Title 48.
Credits
1945–1956 · 2 acts
- 1945Mar. 9, 1945, ch. 20, § 5, 59 Stat. 34
- 1956Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, § 4, 70 Stat. 908.
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(Mar. 9, 1945, ch. 20, § 5, 59 Stat. 34; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, § 4, 70 Stat. 908.)