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42 U.S.C. 9902: Definitions

Created in 1998 by Public Law 97-35. Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

59 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 1927, 7 U.S.C. 2014, 7 U.S.C. 3175, 7 U.S.C. 7501, 8 U.S.C. 1154.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    Unchanged since Public Law 97-35 (Oct 27, 1998).

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.