Sec. 402. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 402 DEFINITIONS **[**[22 U.S.C. 2370c](/us/usc/t22/s2370c)**]** In this title: ####
(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “**appropriate congressional committees**” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; #####
(B)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; #####
(C)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and #####
(D)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ####
(2)Child soldier Consistent with the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the term “**child soldier**”— #####
(A)means— ######
(i)any person under 18 years of age who takes a direct part in hostilities as a member of governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces; ######
(ii)any person under 18 years of age who has been compulsorily recruited into governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces; ######
(iii)any person under 15 years of age who has been voluntarily recruited into governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces; or ######
(iv)any person under 18 years of age who has been recruited or used in hostilities by armed forces distinct from the armed forces of a state; and #####
(B)includes any person described in clause (ii), (iii), or
(iv)of subparagraph
(A)who is serving in any capacity, including in a support role such as a cook, porter, messenger, medic, guard, or sex slave.
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