Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§9801 Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined

Title 22 › CHAPTER 105 — GLOBAL FRAGILITY › § 9801

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Names which congressional committees count as the "appropriate congressional committees" for this chapter. They are the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Appropriations Committee. Says "relevant Federal department or agency" means the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, the Departments of Defense and the Treasury, and any other federal department or agency the President decides is needed to carry out the chapter.

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Title 22, §9801

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In this chapter:
(1)Appropriate congressional committees
The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2)Relevant Federal department or agency
The term “relevant Federal department or agency” means the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, the Department of Treasury, and any other Federal department or agency the President determines is relevant to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

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Short Title

Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title V, § 501, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3060, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Global Fragility Act of 2019’.”

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22 U.S.C. § 9801

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110