PROOF: Government Style Manual “state”

The U.S. Government Style Manual, 2016 Edition, on p. 32 says the following:

So a LOWER CASE “state” refers to a LEGISLATIVELY FOREIGN state. This is entirely consistent with the capitalization conventions listed in:

HOW TO: Burden of Proof in Establishing Extraterritorial CIVIL Jurisdiction, FTSIG
https://ftsig.org/how-to-burden-of-proof-in-establishing-extraterritorial-civil-jurisdiction/

You can find the above manual at:

Style Manual, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2016
govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016.pdf