### Question
What is the definition of United States?


### Answer
The definition of **United States** is as follows in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2415*:

> the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, dependency, or possession of the United States, and includes the outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a))

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2415*
  - Heading: **EXPORT REGULATION**

