### Question
What does State mean?


### Answer
**State** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 9172*:

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

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 9172*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 72-MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER III-MUSEUM SERVICES**

