The US Code defines the term "United States"

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-CITE- 5 USC Sec. 5911 -EXPCITE- TITLE 5 PART III Subpart D CHAPTER 59 SUBCHAPTER II -HEAD- Sec. 5911. Quarters and facilities; employees in the United States -STATUTE- (a) For the purpose of this section - (4) 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
-CITE- 5 USC Sec. 5921 -EXPCITE- TITLE 5 PART III Subpart D CHAPTER 59 SUBCHAPTER III -HEAD- Sec. 5921. Definitions -STATUTE- For the purpose of this subchapter - United States', when used in a geographical sense, means the several States and the District of Columbia; (5) 'continental United States' means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii;
-CITE- 5 USC Sec. 5721 -EXPCITE- TITLE 5 PART III Subpart D CHAPTER 57 SUBCHAPTER II -HEAD- Sec. 5721. Definitions -STATUTE- For the purpose of this subchapter - (3) 'continental United States' means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii;
-CITE- 5 USC Sec. 5701 -EXPCITE- TITLE 5 PART III Subpart D CHAPTER 57 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 5701. Definitions (6) 'continental United States' means the several States and the District of Columbia, but does not include Alaska or Hawaii.
-EXPCITE- TITLE 5 PART III Subpart F CHAPTER 71 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 7103. Definitions; application (18) 'United States' means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 75 -EX (7) The term 'United States' means the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. PCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 3 -HEAD- Sec. 75. Definitions -STATUTE- When used in this chapter, except where the context requires otherwise - (d) the term 'United States' means the States (including Puerto Rico) and the territories and possessions of the United States (including the District of Columbia); (e) the term 'State' means any one of the States (including Puerto Rico) or territories or possessions of the United States
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-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 150aa -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 7B -HEAD- Sec. 150aa. Definitions (e) 'United States' means any of the States, Territories, or Districts (including possessions and the District of Columbia) of the United States.
-EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 35 SUBCHAPTER II Part A -HEAD- Sec. 1301. Definitions (5) The term 'United States' means the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. (6) The term 'State' includes a Territory and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 1359jj -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 35 SUBCHAPTER II Part B subpart vii -HEAD- Sec. 1359jj. Administration c) 'United States' and 'State' defined Notwithstanding section 1301 of this title, for purposes of this subpart, the terms 'United States' and 'State' means (FOOTNOTE 1) the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 1561 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 37 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 1561. Definition of terms -STATUTE- (a) When used in this chapter - (1) The term 'United States' means the several States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 1932 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 50 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 1932. Rural industrialization assistance (B) The term 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the other territories and possessions of the United States.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 2116 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 53 -HEAD- Sec. 2116. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this chapter: (e) The term 'United States' means the 50 States of the United States of America.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 2401 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 57 SUBCHAPTER II Part D -HEAD- Sec. 2401. Definitions and rules of construction (b) The terms 'United States' and 'this country' means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 2702 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 60 -HEAD- Sec. 2702. Definitions (h) The term 'United States' means the forty-eight contiguous States of the United States of America and the District of Columbia.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 2802 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 61 -HEAD- Sec. 2802. Definition (d) 'United States' means any of the States, territories, or districts of the United States.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 2902 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 62 -HEAD- Sec. 2902. Definitions (18) the term 'United States' means the several States and the District of Columbia.
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-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 3402 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 65 -HEAD- Sec. 3402. Definitions (m) The term 'United States' means the several States and the District of Columbia, including any territory or possession.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 4302 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 74 -HEAD- Sec. 4302. Definitions (8) The term 'United States' means the fifty States of the United States of America, the territories and possessions of the United States of America, and the District of Columbia.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 4402 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 75 -HEAD- Sec. 4402. Definitions (6) The term 'United States' means the fifty States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 4531 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 76 SUBCHAPTER II -HEAD- Sec. 4531. Definitions (12) the term 'United States' means the several States and the territories and possessions of the United States, except that for purposes of sections 4532, 4534(a), and 4537 of this title, and paragraph (7) of this section, such term means the forty-eight contiguous States in the continental United States.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 5602 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 87 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 5602. Definitions (6) United States The term 'United States' includes each of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 6002 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 89 -HEAD- Sec. 6002. Definitions (25) State The term 'State' means any of the several States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (26) United States The term 'United States' means collectively the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 6102 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 90 -HEAD- Sec. 6102. Definitions (15) State and United States The terms 'State' and 'United States' include the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 7 USC Sec. 6202 -EXPCITE- TITLE 7 CHAPTER 91 -HEAD- Sec. 6202. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this chapter: (15) State and United States The term - (A) 'State' means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (B) 'United States' means the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 8 USC Sec. 1101 -EXPCITE- TITLE 8 CHAPTER 12 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 1101. Definitions (38) The term 'United States', except as otherwise specifically herein provided, when used in a
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geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.
-CITE- 10 USC Sec. 101 -EXPCITE- TITLE 10 Subtitle A PART I CHAPTER 1 -HEAD- Sec. 101. Definitions -STATUTE- (a) In General. - The following definitions apply in this title: (1) The term 'United States', in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
-CITE- 10 USC Sec. 113 -EXPCITE- TITLE 10 Subtitle A PART I CHAPTER 2 -HEAD- Sec. 113. Secretary of Defense (3) In this subsection, the term 'United States', when used in a geographic sense, includes the territories and possessions of the United States.
-CITE- 10 USC Sec. 124 -EXPCITE- TITLE 10 Subtitle A PART I CHAPTER 3 -HEAD- Sec. 124. Detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs: Department of Defense to be lead agency (c) United States Defined. - In this section, the term 'United States' means the land area of the several States and any territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 12 USC Sec. 221 -EXPCITE- TITLE 12 CHAPTER 3 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 221. Definitions 'the continental United States' means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia.
-CITE- 12 USC Sec. 4001 -EXPCITE- TITLE 12 CHAPTER 41 -HEAD- Sec. 4001. Definitions -STATUTE- Forpurposes of this chapter - (21) State The term 'State' means any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands. (23) United States The term 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 69 -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 2 SUBCHAPTER IV -HEAD- Sec. 69. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this subchapter - (k) The term 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United States.
-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 330 -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 9A -HEAD- Sec. 330. Definitions (4) The term 'United States' includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or insular possession of the United States.
-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 1171 -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 24 -HEAD- Sec. 1171. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this chapter (b) The term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. (c) The term 'possession of the United States' means any possession of the United States which is not named in subsection (b) of this section.
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-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 2106 -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 48 -HEAD- Sec. 2106. Definitions (7) The term 'United States' means the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 3301 -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 60 -HEAD- Sec. 3301. Definitions -STATUTE- For purposes of this chapter - (33) United States The term 'United States' means the several States and includes the Outer Continental Shelf. (34) State The term 'State' means each of the several States and the District of Columbia. (35) Outer Continental Shelf The term 'Outer Continental Shelf' has the same meaning as such term has under section 1331(a) of title 43.
-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 4002 -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 66 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 4002. Definitions -STATUTE- (a) For purposes of this subchapter - (5) the term 'State' means any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (6) the term 'United States' means the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and
-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 4723a -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 73 SUBCHAPTER III -HEAD- Sec. 4723a. United States Commercial Centers (2) the term 'State' means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and (3) the term 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 16 USC Sec. 460l-3 -EXPCITE- TITLE 16 CHAPTER 1 SUBCHAPTER LXIX Part A -HEAD- Sec. 460l-3. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this part, the term 'United States' shall include the District of Columbia and the terms 'United States' and 'States' may, to the extent practicable, include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
-CITE- 16 USC Sec. 951 -EXPCITE- TITLE 16 CHAPTER 16 -HEAD- Sec. 951. Definitions (e) 'United States' shall include all areas under the sovereignty of the United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Canal Zone
-CITE- 15 USC Sec. 4809 -EXPCITE- TITLE 15 CHAPTER 74 -HEAD- Sec. 4809. Definitions -STATUTE- For purposes of this chapter - (3) the term 'United States' means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern
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Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States; and
-CITE- 16 USC Sec. 2402 -EXPCITE- TITLE 16 CHAPTER 44 -HEAD- Sec. 2402. Definitions (15) The term 'United States' means the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, including the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands.
-CITE- 19 USC Sec. 2095 -EXPCITE- TITLE 19 CHAPTER 11 -HEAD- Sec. 2095. Definitions -STATUTE- For the purposes of this chapter - (1) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Treasury. (2) The term 'United States' includes the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 19 USC Sec. 2601 -EXPCITE- TITLE 19 CHAPTER 14 -HEAD- Sec. 2601. Definitions (10) The term 'United States' includes the several States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or area the foreign relations for which the United States is responsible.
-CITE- 20 USC Sec. 107e -EXPCITE- TITLE 20 CHAPTER 6A -HEAD- Sec. 107e. Definitions (6) 'United States' includes the several States, territories, and possessions of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia;
-CITE- 22 USC Sec. 1360 -EXPCITE- TITLE 22 CHAPTER 15 SUBCHAPTER IV -HEAD- Sec. 1360. Definitions -STATUTE- (a) For the purposes of subchapters I to IV of this chapter - (1) The term 'person' includes partnerships, corporations, and associations. (2) The term 'United States', when used in a geographical sense, means the States, the District of Columbia, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 22 USC Sec. 1395 -EXPCITE- TITLE 22 CHAPTER 15 SUBCHAPTER VI -HEAD- Sec. 1395. Definitions -STATUTE- (a) As used in sections 1393 and 1394 of this title - (1) The term 'United States', when used in a geographical sense, but not the term 'continental United States', includes all Territories and possessions of the United States, other than the Philippines.
-CITE- 22 USC Sec. 1621 -EXPCITE- TITLE 22 CHAPTER 21 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 1621. Definitions -STATUTE- For the purposes of this subchapter - (a) The term 'person' shall include an individual, partnership, corporation, or the Government of the United States. (b) The term 'United States' when used in a geographical sense shall include the United States, its Territories and insular possessions, and the Canal Zone.
-CITE- 22 USC Sec. 2712 -EXPCITE- TITLE 22 CHAPTER 38 -HEAD- Sec. 2712. Authority to control certain terrorism-related services (3) United States As used in this section, the term 'United States' includes any State, the District
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of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 22 USC Sec. 5001 -EXPCITE- TITLE 22 CHAPTER 60 -HEAD- Sec. 5001. Definitions (9) the term 'United States' includes the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 22 USC Sec. 6005 -EXPCITE- TITLE 22 CHAPTER 69 -HEAD- Sec. 6005. Sanctions (B) the term 'United States' includes the territories and possessions of the United States and the customs waters of the United States (as defined in section 1401 of title 19;
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 168 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle A CHAPTER 1 Subchapter B PART VI -HEAD- Sec. 168. Accelerated cost recovery system For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 'United States' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the possessions of the United States.
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 217 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle A CHAPTER 1 Subchapter B PART VII -HEAD- Sec. 217. Moving expenses (4) United States defined For purposes of this subsection and subsection (i), the term 'United States' includes the possessions of the United States.
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 927 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle A CHAPTER 1 Subchapter N PART III Subpart C -HEAD- Sec. 927. Other definitions and special rules (3) United States defined The term 'United States' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 993 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle A CHAPTER 1 Subchapter N PART IV Subpart A -HEAD- Sec. 993. Definitions (g) United States defined For purposes of this part, the term 'United States' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the possessions of the United States.
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 3121 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle C CHAPTER 21 Subchapter C -HEAD- Sec. 3121. Definitions (2) United States The term 'United States' when used in a geographical sense includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. An individual who is a citizen of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (but not otherwise a citizen of the United States) shall be considered, for purposes of this section, as a citizen of the United States.
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 3306 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle C CHAPTER 23 -HEAD- Sec. 3306. Definitions (2) United States The term 'United States' when used in a geographical sense includes the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 4612 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle D CHAPTER 38 Subchapter A -HEAD- Sec. 4612. Definitions and special rules -STATUTE- (a) Definitions For purposes of this subchapter (4) United States (A) In general The term 'United States' means the 50 States, the District of
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Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
-CITE- 26 USC Sec. 7701 -EXPCITE- TITLE 26 Subtitle F CHAPTER 79 -HEAD- Sec. 7701. Definitions (9) United States The term 'United States' when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. (10) State The term 'State' shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title.
-CITE- 27 USC Sec. 211 -EXPCITE- TITLE 27 CHAPTER 8 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 211. Miscellaneous provisions -STATUTE- (a) Definitions As used in this subchapter - (1) The term 'United States' means the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia; the term 'State' includes a Territory and the District of Columbia; and the term 'Territory' means Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. (2) The term 'interstate or foreign commerce' means commerce between any State and any place outside thereof, or commerce within any Territory or the District of Columbia, or between points within the same State but through any place outside thereof.
-CITE- 28 USC Sec. 3002 -EXPCITE- TITLE 28 PART VI CHAPTER 176 SUBCHAPTER A -HEAD- Sec. 3002. Definitions (15) 'United States' means - (A) a Federal corporation; (B) an agency, department, commission, board, or other entity of the United States; or (C) an instrumentality of the United States.
-CITE- 30 USC Sec. 351 -EXPCITE- TITLE 30 CHAPTER 7 -HEAD- Sec. 351. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this chapter 'United States' includes Alaska. 'Acquired lands' or 'lands acquired by the United States' include all lands heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States to which the 'mineral leasing laws' have not been extended, including such lands acquired under the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961, 16 U.S.C., sec. 552).
-CITE- 30 USC Sec. 1403 -EXPCITE- TITLE 30 CHAPTER 26 -HEAD- Sec. 1403. Definitions (13) 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and
-CITE- 31 USC Sec. 5312-EXPCITE-TITLE 31 SUBTITLE IV CHAPTER 53 SUBCHAPTER II -HEAD- Sec. 5312. Definitions and application -STATUTE- (a) In this subchapter (5) 'United States' means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and, when the Secretary prescribes by regulation, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, a territory or possession of the United States, or a military or diplomatic establishment.
-CITE- 33 USC Sec. 151 -EXPCITE- TITLE 33 CHAPTER 3 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 151. High seas and inland waters demarcation lines (c) 'United States' defined For the purposes of this section, the term 'United States' includes the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
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Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 33 USC Sec. 1402 -EXPCITE- TITLE 33 CHAPTER 27 -HEAD- Sec. 1402. Definitions (d) 'United States' includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
-CITE- 36 USC Sec. 4607 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 CHAPTER 78 -HEAD- Sec. 4607. Principal office; territorial scope of activities; agent for service of process -STATUTE- (a) The corporation initially shall have its principal office in the District of Columbia and later at such place as may be determined by the board of trustees. The corporation shall have the right to conduct its activities in the United States and elsewhere but shall establish a tropical botanical garden or gardens only in the United States. For purposes of this subsection, the term 'United States' includes any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
-CITE- 41 USC Sec. 357 -EXPCITE- TITLE 41 CHAPTER 6 -HEAD- Sec. 357. Definitions d) The term `United States` when used in a geographical sense shall include any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Outer Continental Shelf lands as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, American Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll, Johnston Island, and Canton Island, but shall not include any other territory under the jurisdiction of the United States or any United States base or possession within a foreign country.
-CITE- 42 USC Sec. 410 -EXPCITE- TITLE 42 CHAPTER 7 SUBCHAPTER II -HEAD- Sec. 410. Definitions relating to employment (h) State The term `State` includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. (i) United States The term `United States` when used in a geographical sense means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
-CITE- 42 USC Sec. 3216 -EXPCITE- TITLE 42 CHAPTER 38 SUBCHAPTER VII -HEAD- Sec. 3216. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this chapter, the terms `State`, `States`, and `United States` include the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
-CITE- 42 USC Sec. 3411 -EXPCITE- TITLE 42 CHAPTER 42 SUBCHAPTER II -HEAD- Sec. 3411. Definitions (g) `State` includes the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (h) `United States` includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
-CITE- 42 USC Sec. 9601 -EXPCITE- TITLE 42 CHAPTER 103 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 9601. Definitions (27) The terms `United States` and `State` include the several States of the United States, the
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District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and any other territory or possession over which the United States has jurisdiction.
-CITE- 46 USC Sec. 30101 -EXPCITE- TITLE 46 Subtitle III CHAPTER 301 -HEAD- Sec. 30101. Definitions-STATUTE- In this subtitle - (1) 'documented vessel' means a vessel documented under chapter 121 of this title; (2) 'foreign vessel' means a vessel of foreign registry or operated under the authority of a foreign country; (3) 'public vessel' means (except in chapter 315 of this title) a vessel that is owned, demise chartered, or operated by the United States Government or a government of a foreign country; (4) 'recreational vessel' means a vessel - (A) operated primarily for pleasure; or (B) leased, rented, or demise chartered to another for the latter's pleasure; (5) 'seaman' means a master or a crewmember of a vessel in operation; (6) 'State' means a State of the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States; (7) 'State vessel' means a vessel owned or demise chartered by the government of a State or an authority or a political subdivision of a State; (8) 'United States', when used in a geographic sense, means the States of the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States;
-CITE- 49 USC APPENDIX - TRANSPORTATION Sec. 1301 -EXPCITE- TITLE 49, APPENDIX CHAPTER 19 SUBCHAPTER I -HEAD- Sec. 1301. Definitions (41) 'United States' means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the several Territories and possessions of the United States, including the territorial waters and the overlying airspace thereof.
-CITE- 49 USC Sec. 2603 -EXPCITE- TITLE 49, APPENDIX CHAPTER 35 -HEAD- Sec. 2603. Definitions (10) 'State', and 'United States' when used in a geographical sense, mean the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States;
-CITE- 50 USC APPENDIX - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE Sec. 2415 -EXPCITE- TITLE 50 APPENDIX EXPORT REGULATION -HEAD- Sec. 2415. Definitions (7) the term 'United States' means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, dependency, or possession of the United States, and includes the outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)); and (8) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Commerce.
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