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


### Answer
The term **United States** is defined in *16 U.S.C. § 4903* as follows -

> the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 4903*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 69-WILD EXOTIC BIRD CONSERVATION**

