---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 592.311"
title: "31"
number: "592.311"
heading: "United States."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/592.311"
---

# §592.311. United States.


The term United States, when used in the geographic sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 3901-3913; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13312, 68 FR 45151, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 246.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 56938, Sept. 23, 2004, unless otherwise noted.