§8562 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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Defines key words used in this part. Admission, admitted, and alien use the meanings in section 1101 of title 8; appropriate congressional committees means the Senate and House panels for banking/financial services, foreign affairs, the judiciary, and intelligence; correspondent and payable-through accounts use section 5318A of title 31; foreign financial institution is as the Treasury defines under section 8513(i); foreign person = anyone not a United States person; United States person = a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or an entity organized under U.S. law, including its foreign branches.

Title 22, §8562

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In this subchapter:

(1)The terms “admission”, “admitted”, and “alien” have the meanings given those terms in section 1101 of title 8.

(2)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

(B)the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

(3)The terms “correspondent account” and “payable-through account” have the meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31.

(4)The term “foreign financial institution” has the meaning of that term as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 8513(i) of this title.

(5)The term “foreign person” means any individual or entity that is not a United States person.

(6)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 any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

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Codification Section was enacted as part of the Masih Alinejad Harassment and Unlawful Targeting Act of 2022, also known as the Masih Alinejad HUNT Act of 2022, and not as part of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 which comprises this chapter.

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Title 22, §8562

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