United States worker
(6) United States worker The term “United States worker” means any worker who is— (A) a citizen or national of the United States; (B) an alien who has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence; or (C) a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau (known collectively as the “Freely Associated States”) who has been lawfully admitted to the United States pursuant to— (i) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association between the Government of the United States and the Governments of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia ( 48 U.S.C. 1921 note); or (ii) section 141 of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau ( 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).