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


### Answer
The term **United States** is defined in *16 U.S.C. § 2402* as the following:

> the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, including the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 2402*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 44-ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION**

