Definitions

U.S.C. Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE 22 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 96 - SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY, DEMOCRACY, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF UKRAINE Sec. 8901 - Definitions From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§8901. Definitions

In this chapter: (1) Alien The term "alien" has the meaning given that term in section 1101(a) of title 8. (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term "appropriate congressional committees" means— (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Financial Services 1 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives. (3) Materially assisted The term "materially assisted" means the provision of assistance that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 8907(a) of this title or acts described in section 8908(a)(1) of this title. (4) United States person The term "United States person" means— (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

(Pub. L. 113–95, §2, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088; Pub. L. 115–44, title II, §228(b), Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 914.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments 2017—Par. (2)(A). Pub. L. 115–44, §228(b)(1), inserted "the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs," before "the Committee on Foreign Relations". Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 115–44, §228(b)(2), inserted "the Committee on Financial Services" before "the Committee on Foreign Affairs".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title Pub. L. 113–95, §1, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014'."

1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.