### Question
How is the "State" defined?


### Answer
The term **State** is defined in *36 U.S.C. § 169k* as follows -

> any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau

#### Citation:
  - *36 U.S.C. § 169k*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 9-NATIONAL OBSERVANCES**

