### Question
How is the "State" defined?


### Answer
The term **State** is defined in *16 U.S.C. § 973* as follows -

> each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 973*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 16C-SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA FISHING**

