2015 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse (Sections 1 - 9141)
Chapter 96A - Ukraine Freedom Support (Sections 8921 - 8930)
Sec. 8921 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 96A - UKRAINE FREEDOM SUPPORT Sec. 8921 - Definitions |
Contains | section 8921 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | 'Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014'." |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 113-272, §2, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2952. |
Statutes at Large References | 128 Stat. 2952 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 113-272 |
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In this chapter:
(1) Account; correspondent account; payable-through accountThe terms "account", "correspondent account", and "payable-through account" have the meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31.
(2) Appropriate congressional committeesThe term "appropriate congressional committees" means—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
(3) Defense article; defense service; trainingThe terms "defense article", "defense service", and "training" have the meanings given those terms in section 2794 of this title.
(4) Financial institutionThe term "financial institution" means a financial institution specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31.
(5) Foreign financial institutionThe term "foreign financial institution" has the meaning given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
(6) Foreign personThe term "foreign person" means any individual or entity that is not a United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States.
(7) KnowinglyThe term "knowingly", with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
(8) Russian personThe term "Russian person" means—
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the Russian Federation; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation.
(9) Special Russian crude oil projectThe term "special Russian crude oil project" means a project intended to extract crude oil from—
(A) the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation in waters more than 500 feet deep;
(B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or
(C) shale formations located in the Russian Federation.
(Pub. L. 113–272, §2, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2952.)
SHORT TITLEPub. L. 113–272, §1(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2952, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014'."
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