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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§10501 Definitions

Title 22 › CHAPTER 112 — COMBATING GLOBAL CORRUPTION › § 10501

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. "Appropriate congressional committees" means the Senate committees on Foreign Relations; Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and Judiciary, and the House committees on Foreign Affairs; Appropriations; Financial Services; and Judiciary. "Corrupt actor" means a foreign government official or government body involved in corruption, or a company in which such a person or body has a major stake and that is involved. "Corruption" means using government power illegally for private gain, like bribery, nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. "Significant corruption" means high-level corruption that distorts major policy or resource decisions or involves large-scale government activities.

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Title 22, §10501

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In this chapter:
(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
(2)The term “corrupt actor” means—
(A)any foreign person or entity that is a government official or government entity responsible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption; and
(B)any company, in which a person or entity described in subparagraph (A) has a significant stake, which is responsible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption.
(3)The term “corruption” means the unlawful exercise of entrusted public power for private gain, including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement.
(4)The term “significant corruption” means corruption committed at a high level of government that has some or all of the following characteristics:
(A)Illegitimately distorts major decision-making, such as policy or resource determinations, or other fundamental functions of governance.
(B)Involves economically or socially large-scale government activities.

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Short Title

Pub. L. 118–31, div. E, title LIV, § 5401, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 944, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle A (§§ 5401–5406) of title LIV of div. E of Pub. L. 118–31, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Combating Global Corruption Act’.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 10501

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102