### Question
Can you define what United States means?


### Answer
**United States** is defined as the following in *50 U.S.C. § 4618*:

> the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, dependency, or possession of the United States, and includes the outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 1331(a) of title 43

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 4618*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 56-EXPORT ADMINISTRATION**

