Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-84
§27 [Federal Property and Administrative Services Act; amendment.]
Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - HAWAII › § 27
Summary
Changes wording in four places to update which U.S. areas are named. It removes phrases that said "continental United States" and "Hawaii" and instead refers to the States of the Union and the District of Columbia. One place also adds Puerto Rico and the possessions of the United States. Another place deletes the phrase naming the Territory of Hawaii.
Full Legal Text
Title 48, §27
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The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by—
“(a)striking out the words ‘continental United States (including Alaska), Hawaii,’ in section 3(f) and inserting in lieu thereof the words ‘States of the Union, the District of Columbia,’;
“(b)striking out the words ‘continental United States, its Territories, and possessions’ in section 211(j) and inserting in lieu thereof the words ‘States of the Union, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States’;
“(c)striking out the words ‘continental limits of the United States’ in section 404(c) and inserting in lieu thereof the words ‘States of the Union and the District of Columbia’; and
“(d)striking out the words ‘and the Territory of Hawaii’ in section 702(a).
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 27
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 22, 2026
Release point: 119-84