Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§8901 Definitions

Title 22 › CHAPTER 96 — SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY, DEMOCRACY, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF UKRAINE › § 8901

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines four key words used in this chapter. "Alien" means what section 1101(a) of title 8 says. "Appropriate congressional committees" refers to certain named Senate and House committees and the leaders of each chamber. "Materially assisted" means giving significant help directly tied to the actions listed in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 8907(a) or in section 8908(a)(1). "United States person" means a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or an entity set up under U.S. law, including its foreign branch.

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Title 22, §8901

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In this chapter:
(1)Alien
The term “alien” has the meaning given that term in section 1101(a) of title 8.
(2)Appropriate congressional committees
The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A)the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Financial Services the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(3)Materially assisted
The term “materially assisted” means the provision of assistance that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 8907(a) of this title or acts described in section 8908(a)(1) of this title.
(4)United States person
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 of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2017—Par. (2)(A). Pub. L. 115–44, § 228(b)(1), inserted “the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,” before “the Committee on Foreign Relations”. Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 115–44, § 228(b)(2), inserted “the Committee on Financial Services” before “the Committee on Foreign Affairs”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 113–95, § 1, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014’.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 8901

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110