### Question
What is the definition of State?


### Answer
The definition of **State** is as follows in *29 U.S.C. § 3002*:

> 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, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

#### Citation:
  - *29 U.S.C. § 3002*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 31-ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES**

