Sec. 5402. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 5402 DEFINITIONS **[**[22 U.S.C. 10501](/us/usc/t22/s10501)**]** In this subtitle: ####
(1)The term “**appropriate congressional committees**” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. ####
(2)The term “**corrupt actor**” means— #####
(A)any foreign person or entity that is a government official or government entity responsible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption; and #####
(B)any company, in which a person or entity described in subparagraph
(A)has a significant stake, which is responsible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption. ####
(3)The term “**corruption**” means the unlawful exercise of entrusted public power for private gain, including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. ####
(4)The term “**significant corruption**” means corruption committed at a high level of government that has some or all of the following characteristics: #####
(A)Illegitimately distorts major decision-making, such as policy or resource determinations, or other fundamental functions of governance. #####
(B)Involves economically or socially large-scale government activities.
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