### Question
What is the definition of State?


### Answer
The definition of **State** is as follows in *10 U.S.C. § 183a*:

> the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 183a*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART I-ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS > CHAPTER 7-BOARDS, COUNCILS, AND COMMITTEES**

