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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 92 — Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment

§ 8575. Definitions

Statutory text

In this subchapter:

(1)

Appropriate congressional committees

The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)

the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and

(B)

the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.

(2)

Covered family member

The term “covered family member”, with respect to a foreign person who is an individual, means a spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages in the sanctionable activity described under section 8572 of this title or who demonstrably benefits from such activity.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 118–50 div. J § 6 · 138 Stat. 969

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8575

    (Pub. L. 118–50, div. J, § 6, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 969.)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–50 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 118–50, div. J, § 6, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 969.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act, also known as the SHIP Act, and not as part of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 118–50, div. J, § 6, , 138 Stat. 969.)

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