### Question
How is the "public agency” means any State, political subdivision thereof (including any unit of local government or economic development district), or any department, agency, instrumentality thereof (including instrumentalities created by compact or other agreement between States or political subdivisions), or any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community located on a State reservation and (B) the term “State" defined?


### Answer
The term **public agency” means any State, political subdivision thereof (including any unit of local government or economic development district), or any department, agency, instrumentality thereof (including instrumentalities created by compact or other agreement between States or political subdivisions), or any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community located on a State reservation and (B) the term “State** is defined in *40 U.S.C. § 484* as follows -

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

#### Citation:
  - *40 U.S.C. § 484*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 10-MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY > SUBCHAPTER II-PROPERTY MANAGEMENT**

