{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s8541","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8541.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f8541.\nDefinitions\nIn this subchapter:\n(1)\nAllow\nThe term \u201callow\u201d, 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.\n(2)\nAppropriate congressional committees\nThe term \u201cappropriate congressional committees\u201d means\u2014\n(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and\n(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.\n(3)\nCommerce Control List\nThe term \u201cCommerce Control List\u201d means the list maintained pursuant to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).\n(4)\nDivert; 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