United States

(36) “United States” and “State” mean the several States of the United States, the 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 of the United States;

Source

33 USC § 2701(36)

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Scoping language

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

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