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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 96 — Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine

§ 8901. Definitions

Statutory text

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.

Footnotes

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

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. Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014

    Pub. L. 113–95 § 2 · 128 Stat. 1088

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8901

    Pub. L. 113–95, § 2, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 113–95, § 2, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.   In this Act: (1) Alien.— The term “alien” has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). (2) Appropriate congressional committees.— The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (A) 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 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 8(a) or acts described in section 9(a)(1). (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.

  2. Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017

    Pub. L. 115–44 § 228(b)(1) · 131 Stat. 886

    Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 8901(2)(A)

    Pub. L. 115–44, § 228(b)(1), inserted “the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,” before “the Committee on Foreign Relations”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    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”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,” before “the Committee on Foreign Relations”; and

  3. Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017

    Pub. L. 115–44 § 228(b)(2) · 131 Stat. 886

    Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 8901(2)(B)

    Pub. L. 115–44, § 228(b)(2), inserted “the Committee on Financial Services” before “the Committee on Foreign Affairs”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 115–44, § 228(b)(2), inserted “the Committee on Financial Services” before “the Committee on Foreign Affairs”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “the Committee on Financial Services” before “the Committee on Foreign Affairs”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

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, , 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’.”

Credits

2014–2017 · 2 acts
  1. 2014Pub. L. 113–95, § 2, , 128 Stat. 1088
  2. 2017Pub. L. 115–44, title II, § 228(b), , 131 Stat. 914.
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(Pub. L. 113–95, § 2, , 128 Stat. 1088; Pub. L. 115–44, title II, § 228(b), , 131 Stat. 914.)

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