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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§8541 Definitions

Title 22 › Chapter 92— COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT › Subchapter III— PREVENTION OF DIVERSION OF CERTAIN GOODS, SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN › § 8541

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this subchapter. "Allow" means a country’s government knows or should know its land is being used to redirect goods, services, or technology. "Appropriate congressional committees" are the Senate committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreign Relations; and the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. "Commerce Control List" is the list kept under part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations. "Divert" or "diversion" means sending a good, service, or technology to someone who is not an allowed recipient. "End-user" is the person who finally uses the item. "Export Administration Regulations" refers to the rules in subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations. "Government" includes any agency or part of a government. "Intermediary" is someone who holds an item while it is being shipped to the end-user. "International Traffic in Arms Regulations" refers to subchapter M of chapter I of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations. "Iran" includes the Government of Iran and its agencies. "Iranian end-user" and "Iranian intermediary" mean an end-user or intermediary that is the Government of Iran, a person in Iran, or an Iranian agency. "State sponsor of terrorism" means a country the Secretary of State has named under section 4605(j)(1)(A) of title 50, section 2780(d) of this title, or section 2371(a) of this title. "United States Munitions List" is the list kept under part 121 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

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Title 22, §8541

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In this subchapter:
(1)The term “allow”, with respect to the diversion through a country of goods, services, or technologies, means the government of the country knows or has reason to know that the territory of the country is being used for such diversion.
(2)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A)the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(3)The term “Commerce Control List” means the list maintained pursuant to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
(4)The terms “divert” and “diversion” refer to the transfer or release, directly or indirectly, of a good, service, or technology to an end-user or an intermediary that is not an authorized recipient of the good, service, or technology.
(5)The term “end-user”, with respect to a good, service, or technology, means the person that receives and ultimately uses the good, service, or technology.
(6)The term “Export Administration Regulations” means subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
(7)The term “government” includes any agency or instrumentality of a government.
(8)The term “intermediary” means a person that receives a good, service, or technology while the good, service, or technology is in transit to the end-user of the good, service, or technology.
(9)The term “International Traffic in Arms Regulations” means subchapter M of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
(10)The term “Iran” includes the Government of Iran and any agency or instrumentality of Iran.
(11)The term “Iranian end-user” means an end-user that is the Government of Iran or a person in, or an agency or instrumentality of, Iran.
(12)The term “Iranian intermediary” means an intermediary that is the Government of Iran or a person in, or an agency or instrumentality of, Iran.
(13)The term “state sponsor of terrorism” means any country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism pursuant to—
(A)section 4605(j)(1)(A) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 50 (or any successor thereto);
(B)section 2780(d) of this title; or
(C)section 2371(a) of this title.
(14)The term “United States Munitions List” means the list maintained pursuant to part 121 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Termination of SectionFor termination of section, see section 8551(a) of this title.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 4605(j)(1)(A) of title 50, referred to in par. (13)(A), was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232. Provisions similar to those in former section 4605(j)(1)(A) of title 50 can be found in section 4813(c)(1)(A)(i) of title 50, as enacted by Pub. L. 115–232.

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22 U.S.C. § 8541

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60