### Question
What does State mean?


### Answer
**State** has the following meaning in *2 U.S.C. § 812*:

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

#### Citation:
  - *2 U.S.C. § 812*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 19-CONGRESSIONAL AWARD PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER II-CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN ARTS EDUCATION**

