Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 26 > Subtitle D > Chapter 32 > Subchapter B - Coal

• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See 26 USC 7701