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title: "22 U.S.C. § 10433"
description: "Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 10433 - Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined

## Text

In this chapter, the term “appropriate congressional committees and leadership” means—

(1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

(2) the majority leader of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

(Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XIII, § 1354, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 522.)