### Question
What is the definition of State?


### Answer
The definition of **State** is as follows in *42 U.S.C. § 15065*:

> each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 15065*
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