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31 CFR § 547.312 - United States person; U.S. person.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s547.312"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 547.312 - United States person; U.S. person."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "547.312"
section_name: "United States person; U.S. person."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "547"
part_name: "DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601  1701  22 U.S.C. 287c; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13413, 71 FR 64105, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 247; E.O. 13671, 79 FR 39949, 3 CFR, 2015 Comp., p. 280."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 25441, May 28, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "547"
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# 547.312 United States person; U.S. person.

The term *United States person* or *U.S. person* means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.