# § 300317. State
In this division, the term “State” means—
**(1)** a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and
**(2)** the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3190.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 300317 | 16 U.S.C. 470w(2). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(2), as added Pub. L. 96–515, title V, § 501, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3001; Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a)(2), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4763. |