15 USC 4809 - Definitions
For purposes of this chapter
(1) the term Council means the Competitiveness Policy Council established under section 4802 of this title;
(2) the term member means a member of the Competitiveness Policy Council;
(3) the term United States means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States; and