,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjai,ms4 ,plaskett introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #a1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to provide for a         
definition of the term ,state and to    
include territories therein1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,the term ,state to
 include territories for purposes of    
,federal law  7a7 ,the term ,state to   
include territories ,chapter #a of title
 #a1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3  #i4
 ,rule of construction regarding the    
term ,state ,in determining the meaning 
of any ,act of ,congress1 or of any     
ruling1 regulation1 or interpretation of
 the various administrative bureaus and 
agencies of the ,united ,states1 the    
term ,state shall include any territory 
of the ,united ,states1 unless the      
statute1 rule1 regulation1 or           

interpretation explicitly excludes the  
territories from the definition of the  
term or otherwise precludes their       
inclusion4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment  
,the table of sections for such chapter 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #i4 ,rule of construction   
regarding the term ,state4  4