### Question
What does State mean?


### Answer
**State** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 254q*:

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

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 254q*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6A-PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER II-GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES > Part D-Primary Health Care > subpart iii-scholarship program and loan repayment program**

