### Question
How is the term United States defined?


### Answer
The term **United States** is defined in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2098* as the following:

> the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 2098*
  - Heading: **DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 > ACT SEPT. 8, 1950, CH. 932, 64 STAT. 798 > TITLE III-EXPANSION OF PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY AND SUPPLY**

