25.350—State.
State means—
(a)
Any State of the United States;
(b)
The District of Columbia;
(c)
Any agency or instrumentality of a State other than a local government or State-controlled institution of higher education;
(d)
The Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands; and
(e)
The United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and a territory or possession of the United States.