### Question
What is the definition of sexual assault?


### Answer
The definition of **sexual assault** is as follows in *42 U.S.C. § 3002*:

> given the term in section 3796gg–2 of this title.[1](#3002_1_target)


(50) The term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 3002*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 35-PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS > SUBCHAPTER I-DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES AND DEFINITIONS**

