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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 379 (Introduced in Senate) — To advance a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Libya and support the people of Libya. · Sec. 201

Sec. 201. Definitions

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In this title: The terms admission , admitted , and alien have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 ). The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services 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 foreign person means an individual or entity that is not a United States person and that is not a foreign government, unless acting in a commercial capacity.
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. The term United States person means— a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; or any person in the United States.
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