definition of “united states” and “state”

definition of “united states” and “state” Sec. 124. Section 343 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by striking out “and” immediately before “(5)” and inserting immediately before the period at the end of the section the following: “and (6) the terms ‘United States’ and ‘State’ shall include each of the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and, to the extent the Secretary determines it to be feasible and appropriate, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands”.