United States

(a) The term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, includes all Territories and possessions of the United States, except the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and the island of Guam.

Source

19 USC § 1709(a)

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Scoping language

None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (chapter 5) of this section.

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