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


### Answer
The term **United States** is defined in *21 U.S.C. § 136a* as follows -

> the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and all other territories and possessions of the United States

#### Citation:
  - *21 U.S.C. § 136a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-ANIMALS, MEATS, AND MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS > SUBCHAPTER III-PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF CONTAGION**

