United States

(m) The term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, the Canal Zone, the insular possessions, and all other places now or hereafter subject to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United States;

Source

22 USC § 611(m)

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Scoping language

for the purposes of this subchapter

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