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22 USC § 8921 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s8921"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 8921 - Definitions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "8921"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 96
chapter_name: "UKRAINE FREEDOM SUPPORT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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.)"
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# § 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’.”

, , , provided that: