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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 · Sec. 1246

Sec. 1246. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 1246 DEFINITIONS **[**[22 U.S.C. 2593a note](/us/usc/t22/s2593a)**]** In this subtitle: ####
(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “**appropriate congressional committees**” means— #####
(A)the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ####
(2)INF treaty The term “**INF Treaty**” means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988. ####
(3)Intelligence community The term “**intelligence community**” has the meaning given the term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). ####
(4)New start treaty The term “**New START Treaty**” means the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at Prague April 8, 2010, and entered into force February 5, 2011. ####
(5)Open skies treaty The term “**Open Skies Treaty**” means the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and entered into force January 1, 2002. ## Subtitle F Matters Relating to the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region **[**Section 1251 was repealed by section 1251(g) of Public Law 116–283.**]**
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