### Question
Can you define what outlying area means?


### Answer
**Outlying area** is defined as the following in *20 U.S.C. § 2302*:

> the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 2302*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 44-VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION**

