### Question
How is the term State defined?


### Answer
The term **State** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 14165* as the following:

> each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 14165*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 136-VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT > SUBCHAPTER IX-STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT > Part F-Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert**

