Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5996 (Introduced in House) — To provide United States support for the full implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in th... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Definitions

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In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. The term Government of South Sudan includes the Transitional Government of National Unity, the Government in Juba, South Sudan as of the date of the enactment of this Act, and any successor government that is formed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act that is recognized by the United States as the Government of the Republic of South Sudan.

The term Peace Agreement means the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan signed on August 17, 2015, which came into effect on August 26, 2015.