AND · 15usc1125:covered-defendant
Subsection (a)(2) expressly includes states, instrumentalities and official-capacity employees. Statutory inclusion does not itself overcome sovereign immunity; apply state-immunity separately.
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(2) As used in this subsection, the term “any person” includes any State, instrumentality of a State or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity. Any State, and any such instrumentality, officer, or employee, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as any nongovernmental entity.Source:
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