22 U.S.C. § 8901 — Definitions

Page 2155 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 8901 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. (1) Paragraphs (1)(A), (2)(A), and (2)(B)(i) of section 4(c). (2) Subsections (c), (d), and (f) of section 5. (3) Section 8. (4) Section 11. (5) Section 12. (6) Section 13(b). (Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1253, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2017.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original ‘‘this subtitle’’, meaning subtitle D (§§ 1241–1255) of title XII of div. A of Pub. L. 112–239, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2004, known as the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8801 of this title and Tables. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegation of certain functions and authorities vested in the President by this section, see Memo- randum of President of the United States, June 3, 2013, 78 F.R. 35545, set out as a note under section 8801 of this title. § 8810. Applicability to certain natural gas projects Nothing in this subtitle or the amendments made by this subtitle shall apply with respect to any activity relating to a project described in subsection (a) of section 8783 of this title to which the exception under that section applies at the time of the activity. (Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1254, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2018.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle D (§§ 1241–1255) of title XII of div. A of Pub. L. 112–239, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2004, known as the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8801 of this title and Tables. § 8811. Rule of construction Nothing in this subtitle or the amendments made by this subtitle shall be construed to limit sanctions imposed with respect to Iran under any other provision of law or to limit the au- thority of the President to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran. (Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1255, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2018.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle D (§§ 1241–1255) of title XII of div. A of Pub. L. 112–239, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2004, known as the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8801 of this title and Tables. CHAPTER 96—SOVEREIGNTY, INTEGRITY, DEMOCRACY, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF UKRAINE Sec. 8901. Definitions. 8902. United States policy toward Ukraine. 8903. Provision of costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine. 8904. Recovery of assets linked to governmental corruption in Ukraine. 8905. Democracy, civil society, governance, and technical assistance for Ukraine and other states in Central and Eastern Europe. 8906. Enhanced security cooperation with Ukraine and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe. 8907. Sanctions on persons responsible for violence or undermining the peace, security, sta- bility, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 8908. Sanctions on persons in the Russian Federa- tion complicit in or responsible for signifi- cant corruption. 8909. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with re- spect to certain transactions with persons that evade sanctions imposed with respect to the Russian Federation. 8910. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with re- spect to transactions with persons respon- sible for human rights abuses. § 8901. Definitions In this chapter: (1) Alien The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1101(a) of title 8. (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- mittees’’ means— (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on For- eign Relations, the Select Committee on In- telligence, the Committee on Appropria- tions, and the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Financial Services 1 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Per- manent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives. (3) Materially assisted The term ‘‘materially assisted’’ means the provision of assistance that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 8907(a) of this title or acts described in section 8908(a)(1) of this title. (4) United States person The term ‘‘United States person’’ means— (A) a United States citizen or an alien law- fully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity. (Pub. L. 113–95, § 2, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088; Pub. L. 115–44, title II, § 228(b), Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 914.) Page 2156 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 8902 1 So in original. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2017—Par. (2)(A). Pub. L. 115–44, § 228(b)(1), inserted ‘‘the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- fairs,’’ before ‘‘the Committee on Foreign Relations’’. Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 115–44, § 228(b)(2), inserted ‘‘the Committee on Financial Services’’ before ‘‘the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 113–95, § 1, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ- racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014’.’’ § 8902. United States policy toward Ukraine It is the policy of the United States— (1) to condemn the unjustified military intervention of the Russian Federation in the Crimea region of Ukraine and its concurrent occupation of that region, as well as any other form of political, economic, or military ag- gression against Ukraine; (2) to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to, and to remind Russia of its ongoing commitment to, the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, which was executed jointly with the Russian Federa- tion and the United Kingdom and explicitly secures the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and borders of Ukraine, and to demand the immediate cessation of im- proper activities, including the seizures of air- fields and other locations, and the immediate return of Russian forces to their barracks; (3) to work with United States partners in the European Union, the North Atlantic Trea- ty Organization, and at the United Nations to ensure that all nations recognize and not un- dermine, nor seek to undermine, the independ- ence, sovereignty, or territorial or economic integrity of Ukraine; (4) to use all appropriate economic elements of United States national power, in coordina- tion with United States allies, to protect the independence, sovereignty, and territorial and economic integrity of Ukraine; (5) to support the people of Ukraine in their desire to forge closer ties with Europe, includ- ing signing an Association Agreement with the European Union as a means to address en- demic corruption, consolidate democracy, and achieve sustained prosperity; (6) to use the voice and vote of the United States to secure sufficient resources through the International Monetary Fund to support needed economic structural reforms in Ukraine under conditions that will reinforce a sovereign decision by the Government of Ukraine to sign and implement an association agreement with the European Union; (7) to help the Government of Ukraine pre- pare for the presidential election in May 2014; (8) to reinforce the efforts of the Govern- ment of Ukraine to bring to justice those re- sponsible for the acts of violence against peaceful protestors and other unprovoked acts of violence related to the antigovernment pro- tests in 1 that began on November 21, 2013; (9) to support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine to recover and return to the Ukrainian state funds stolen by former Presi- dent Yanukovych, his family, and other cur- rent and former members of the Ukrainian government and elites; (10) to support the continued professionalization of the Ukrainian military; (11) to condemn economic extortion by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, and other countries in the region designed to obstruct closer ties between the European Union and the countries of the East- ern Partnership and to reduce the harmful consequences of such extortion; (12) to condemn the continuing and long- standing pattern and practice by the Govern- ment of the Russian Federation of physical and economic aggression toward neighboring countries; (13) to enhance and extend our security co- operation with, security assistance to, and military exercises conducted with, states in Central and Eastern Europe, including North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries, NATO aspirants, and appropriate Eastern Partnership countries; (14) to reaffirm United States defense com- mitments to its treaty allies under Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty; (15) that the continued participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Eight (G–8) nations should be conditioned on the Government of the Russian Federation re- specting the territorial integrity of its neigh- bors and accepting and adhering to the norms and standards of free, democratic societies as generally practiced by every other member na- tion of the G–8 nations; (16) to explore ways for the United States Government to assist the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to diversify their energy sources and achieve energy security; and (17) to ensure the United States maintains its predominant leadership position and influ- ence within the International Monetary Fund, and to guarantee the International Monetary Fund has the resources and governance struc- ture necessary to support structural reforms in Ukraine and respond to and prevent a po- tentially serious financial crisis in Ukraine or other foreign economic crises that threatens United States national security. (Pub. L. 113–95, § 3, Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1088.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries UKRAINE INVASION WAR CRIMES DETERRENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LIX, § 5948, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3482, provided that: ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Account- ability Act’. ‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— ‘‘(1) in its premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified, and unlawful full-scale invasion of Ukraine that com- menced on February 24, 2022, the military of the Gov- ernment of the Russian Federation under the direc- tion of President Vladimir Putin has committed war crimes that include but are not limited to—