### Question
How is the "public entity" defined?


### Answer
The term **public entity** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 4130* as follows -

> a State, a subdivision of a State, an Indian tribe, and an agency or governmental corporation or business of any of the foregoing

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 4130*
  - Heading: **PART III-PRISONS AND PRISONERS > CHAPTER 307-EMPLOYMENT**

