; (ii) in State, district, commonwealth, territory, or possession, or Federal, waters of the United States and in need of medical attention or other necessary intervention to aid its likelihood of survival; or (iii) outside of its natural habitat, is unable to return unassisted, and is in the United States. (7) Stranding region The term stranding region means a geographic region designated by the Secretary under subsection (b). (8) United States The term United States means any land or water of the several States of the United 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, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession over which the United States has jurisdiction, including internal waters, State waters, the territorial sea, and the exclusive economic zone of the United States.