50 U.S.C. § 4801 Definitions
Library | United States Statutes |
Edition | 2023 |
Currency | Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31] |
Year | 2023 |
Citation | 50 U.S.C. § 4801 |
In this chapter:
(1) Controlled
The term "controlled" refers to an item subject to the jurisdiction of the United States under subchapter I.
(2) Dual-use
The term "dual-use", with respect to an item, means the item has civilian applications and military, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, or law-enforcement-related applications.
(3) Export
The term "export", with respect to an item subject to controls under subchapter I, includes-
(A) the shipment or transmission of the item out of the United States, including the sending or taking of the item out of the United States, in any manner; and
(B) the release or transfer of technology or source code relating to the item to a foreign person in the United States.
(4) Export Administration Regulations
The term "Export Administration Regulations" means-
(A) the Export Administration Regulations as promulgated, maintained, and amended under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [ 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.] and codified, as of August 13, 2018, in subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(B) regulations that are promulgated, maintained, and amended under the authority of subchapter I on or after August 13, 2018.
(5) Foreign person
The term "foreign person" means-
(A) any natural person who is not a lawful permanent resident of the United States, citizen of the United States, or any other protected individual (as such term is defined in section 1324b(a)(3) of title 8);
(B) any corporation, business association, partnership, trust, society or any other entity or group that is not incorporated in the United States or organized to do business in the United States, as well as international organizations, foreign governments and any agency or subdivision of a foreign government (e.g., diplomatic mission).
(6) In-country transfer
The term "in-country transfer", with respect to an item subject to controls under subchapter I, means a change in the end-use or end user of the item within the same foreign country.
(7) Item
The term "item" means a commodity, software, or technology.
(8) Person
The term "person" means-
(A) a natural person;
(B) a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, financial institution, insurer, underwriter, guarantor, and any other business organization, any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, or any government or agency thereof; and
(C) any successor to any entity described in subparagraph (B).
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