# § 8921. Definitions
In this chapter:
**(1)** **Account; correspondent account; payable-through account** section 5318A of title 31
The terms “account”, “correspondent account”, and “payable-through account” have the meanings given those terms in .
**(2)** **Appropriate congressional committees** The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
**(A)** the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
**(B)** the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
**(3)** **Defense article; defense service; training** section 2794 of this title
The terms “defense article”, “defense service”, and “training” have the meanings given those terms in .
**(4)** **Financial institution** section 5312(a)(2) of title 31
The term “financial institution” means a financial institution specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Z) of .
**(5)** **Foreign financial institution** The term “foreign financial institution” has the meaning given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
**(6)** **Foreign person** The term “foreign person” means any individual or entity that is not a United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States.
**(7)** **Knowingly** The term “knowingly”, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
**(8)** **Russian person** The term “Russian person” means—
**(A)** an individual who is a citizen or national of the Russian Federation; or
**(B)** an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation.
**(9)** **Special Russian crude oil project** The term “special Russian crude oil project” means a project intended to extract crude oil from—
**(A)** the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation in waters more than 500 feet deep;
**(B)** Russian Arctic offshore locations; or
**(C)** shale formations located in the Russian Federation.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–272, § 2, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2952; Pub. L. 116–283, div. F, title LXI, § 6110(e)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4563.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2021—Par. (4). substituted “(Z)” for “(Y)”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Short Title
> “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014’.”
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