Sec. 14. Definitions
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In this Act: A government is an adherent to a relevant nonproliferation regime if such government— is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group with respect to a transfer of goods, services, or technology described in section 3(a)(1)(A)(i); is a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime with respect to a transfer of goods, services, or technology described in section 3(a)(1)(A)(ii), or is a party to a binding international agreement with the United States that was in effect on January 1, 1999, to control the transfer of such goods, services, or technology in accordance with the criteria and standards set forth in the Missile Technology Control Regime; is a member of the Australia Group with respect to a transfer of goods, services, or technology described in section 3(a)(1)(A)(iii); is a party to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction with respect to a transfer of goods, services, or technology described in section 3(a)(1)(A)(iv); or is a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement with respect to a transfer of goods, services, or technology described in section 3(a)(1)(A)(v).
The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. The term extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space Station means payments in cash or in kind made or to be made by the United States Government— for work on the International Space Station which the Government of the Russian Federation pledged at any time to provide at its expense, or for work on the International Space Station not required to be made under the terms of a contract or other agreement that was in effect on January 1, 1999, as such terms were in effect on such date, except that such term does not mean payments in cash or in kind made or to be made by the United States Government before December 31, 2020, for work to be performed or services to be rendered before such date necessary to meet United States obligations under the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station, with annex, signed at Washington January 29, 1998, and entered into force March 27, 2001, or any protocol, agreement, memorandum of understanding, or contract related thereto.
The term foreign person means— a natural person who is an alien; a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, successor, subunit, or subsidiary organized under the laws of a foreign country or that has its principal place of business in a foreign country; and any foreign government; or any foreign government agency or entity. The term knowingly , with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person knew, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result of such conduct, circumstance, or result.
The term organization or entity under the jurisdiction or control of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency means an organization or entity that— was made part of the Russian Space Agency upon its establishment on February 25, 1992; was transferred to the Russian Space Agency by decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on July 25, 1994, or May 12, 1998; was or is transferred to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or Russian Space Agency by decree of the Government of the Russian Federation at any other time before, on, or after March 14, 2000; or is a joint stock company in which the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or Russian Space Agency has at any time held controlling interest.
Any organization or entity described in subparagraph
(A)shall be deemed to be under the jurisdiction or control of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency regardless of whether— such organization or entity, after being part of or transferred to the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or Russian Space Agency, is removed from or transferred out of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or Russian Space Agency; or the Russian Aviation and Space Agency or Russian Space Agency, after holding a controlling interest in such organization or entity, divests its controlling interest. The term subsidiary means an entity (including a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, or other organization) of a parent company that controls, directly or indirectly, the other entity. The term transfer or transferred , with respect to a good, service, or technology, includes— the conveyance of technological or intellectual property; and the conversion of technological or intellectual advances into marketable goods, services, or technology of value that is developed and generated in one location and transferred to another location through illegal or illicit means. The term United States person means— a natural person who is a citizen or resident of the United States; or an entity that is organized under the laws of the United States or any State or territory thereof. The term vessel has the meaning given such term in section 1081 of title 18, United States Code. Such term also includes aircraft, regardless of whether or not the type of aircraft at issue is described in such section. The term technical assistance means providing of advice, assistance, and training pertaining to the installation, operation, and maintenance of equipment for destabilizing types and forms of conventional weapons.