Sentence:  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the <WSD>United</WSD> States of America in Congress assembled , That the Act of July 3 , 1952 ( 66 Stat. 328 ) as amended ( 42 U. S. C. 1952 - 1958 ) , is further amended to read as follows : 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776