7 U.S.C. § 349

“State” defined

The term “State” means the States of the Union, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

( May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 10 , as added Pub. L. 87–749, § 1(i) , Oct. 5, 1962 , 76 Stat. 745 ; amended Pub. L. 92–318, title V, § 506(h) , June 23, 1972 , 86 Stat. 351 ; Pub. L. 99–396, § 9(f) , Aug. 27, 1986 , 100 Stat. 840 .)