administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word marriage means only a legal union between two people of marriageable age, and the word spouse refers only to a person of marriageable age. 5. Exceptions (a) Section 3 Section 3 shall be inapplicable to any marriage where the parties involved have received the approval of a judge appointed or elected pursuant to the laws of any State or the United States. (b) Section 4 Section 4 shall be inapplicable to any marriage where the parties involved have received the approval of a judge appointed or elected pursuant to the laws of any State or the United States. (c) Independent Counsel Subsections (a) and (b) shall only apply in cases where the minor in question was represented by independent counsel. 6. Definitions In this Act: (1) State The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any other territory or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. (2) Marriageable age The term marriageable age means the age of 18 or the age as defined by a State, whichever is older.