22 USC § 8575 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s8575"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 8575 - Definitions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "8575"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 92
chapter_name: "COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "STOP HARBORING IRANIAN PETROLEUM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 118–50, div. J, § 6, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 969.)"
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# § 8575. Definitions

In this subchapter:

**(1)** **Appropriate congressional committees** The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

**(A)** the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and

**(B)** the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.

**(2)** **Covered family member** section 8572 of this title

The term “covered family member”, with respect to a foreign person who is an individual, means a spouse, adult child, parent, or sibling of the person who engages in the sanctionable activity described under  or who demonstrably benefits from such activity.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 118–50, div. J, § 6, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 969.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act, also known as the SHIP Act, and not as part of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 which comprises this chapter.