### Question
How is the "United States" defined?


### Answer
The term **United States** is defined in *7 U.S.C. § 1301* as follows -

> the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1301*
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