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§2421e Definitions

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Summary

Defines two terms used in sections 2421a to 2421e. AID is the Agency for International Development. A capital project is work to build, expand, change, or buy equipment for a physical facility or infrastructure, and it also covers design work (concept and detailed designs), purchasing equipment and related services, and feasibility or similar engineering and economic studies.

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Title 22, §2421e

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For purposes of sections 2421a to 2421e of this title
(1)the term “AID” means the Agency for International Development; and
(2)the term “capital project” means a project involving the construction, expansion, alteration of, or the acquisition of equipment for, a physical facility or physical infrastructure, including related engineering design (concept and detail) and other services, the procurement of equipment (including any related services), and feasibility studies or similar engineering and economic services.

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Sections 2421a to 2421e of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “this title” meaning title III of Pub. L. 102–549, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3658, known as the Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992, which enacted sections 2421a to 2421e of this title and provisions set out as notes under section 2421a of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2421a of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992 and also as part of the Jobs Through Exports Act of 1992, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

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22 U.S.C. § 2421e

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73