54 U.S.C. § 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.
( Pub. L. 113–287, § 3 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3190 .)