United States

The term “United States”, when used in the geographic sense, means the several States, the District of Colombia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any other possession of the United States, and any waters within the jurisdiction of the United States.

Source

7 USC § 8501(9)


Scoping language

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