Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§8575 Definitions

Title 22 › Chapter 92— COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT › Subchapter VI— STOP HARBORING IRANIAN PETROLEUM › § 8575

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two key terms used in this subchapter. "Appropriate congressional committees" means the House Committees on Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, and the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations, the Judiciary, and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. "Covered family member" means a foreign person's spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling who takes part in, or clearly benefits from, the sanctionable activity described under section 8572.

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Title 22, §8575

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In this subchapter:

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

(A)the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and

(B)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.

(2)The term “covered family member”, with respect to a foreign person who is an individual, means a spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages in the sanctionable activity described under section 8572 of this title or who demonstrably benefits from such activity.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act, also known as the SHIP Act, and not as part of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 8575

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60