{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-27.001","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 27.001","heading":"27.001 Definition.","body":"United States, as used in this part, means the 50 States and the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and possessions, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER E—GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS","PART 27—PATENTS, DATA, AND COPYRIGHTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"ec71ae43918a321bd8a772483a8c2b7a0ea1e8d253707823eb3dc88ef1dceda9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-27.000","next":"us/48-cfr-27.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}