22 USC § 2296f - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2296f"
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title: "22 USC § 2296f - Definitions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2296f"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "FOREIGN ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "XII"
part_name: "Support for the Economic and Political Independence of the Countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 499F, as added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(2) [title V, § 596(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–126.)"
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# § 2296f. Definitions

In this part:

**(1)** **Appropriate congressional committees** The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.

**(2)** **Countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia** The term “countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia” means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 499F, as added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(2) [title V, § 596(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–126.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, .