### Question
How is the term State defined?


### Answer
The term **State** is defined in *7 U.S.C. § 6802* as the following:

> each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau (until such time as the Compact of Free Association is ratified)

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 6802*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 97-FRESH CUT FLOWERS AND FRESH CUT GREENS PROMOTION AND INFORMATION**

