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# 22 U.S.C. § 10243 - Appropriate congressional committees defined

## Text

In this subchapter, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LV, § 5577, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3370.)