[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 31, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 31CFR800.220] [Page 935] TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 800_REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, AND TAKEOVERS BY FOREIGN PERSONS--Table of Contents Subpart B_Definitions Sec. 800.220 United States. The term United States means the United States of America, the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, dependency, or possession of the United States, and includes the Outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1131 (a)). For purposes of these regulations and their examples, an entity organized under the laws of the United States of America, one of the States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, dependency or possession of the United States, is an entity organized ``in the United States.'' [56 FR 58780, Nov. 21, 1991. Redesignated at 59 FR 27179, May 25, 1994]