{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s8901","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8901.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f8901.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1)\nAlien\nThe term \u201calien\u201d has the meaning given that term in\nsection 1101(a) of title 8\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, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and\n(B) the Committee on Financial Services\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.\n(3)\nMaterially assisted\nThe term \u201cmaterially assisted\u201d means the provision of assistance that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of\nsection 8907(a) of this title\nsection 8908(a)(1) of this title\n(4)\nUnited States person\nThe term \u201cUnited States person\u201d means\u2014\n(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or\n(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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s8901.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8901."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Alien"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201calien\u201d has the meaning given that term in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1101(a) of title 8","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1101/a","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Appropriate congressional committees"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cappropriate congressional committees\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Committee on Financial Services\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be followed by a comma."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.","tail":" 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."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Materially assisted"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cmaterially assisted\u201d means the provision of assistance that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 8907(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t22/s8907/a","tail":" or acts described in "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 8908(a)(1) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t22/s8908/a/1","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"United States person"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cUnited States person\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t22/s8901/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}