2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 96 - Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine
Sec. 8901 - Definitions

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 8901 (2020)
Section Name §8901. Definitions
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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.

Source Credit

(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 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'."

Footnotes

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 96 - SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY, DEMOCRACY, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF UKRAINE
Sec. 8901 - Definitions
Contains section 8901
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Short Titles 'Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014'."
Statutes at Large References 128 Stat. 1088
131 Stat. 914
Public Law References Public Law 113-95, Public Law 115-44
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