Us Code § 9548 - Appropriate congressional committees defined
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§ 9548. Appropriate congressional committees defined
Except as otherwise provided, in this subchapter, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 115–44, title II, §259, Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 934.)
SUBCHAPTER III—EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY AND DIVERSIFICATION
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Codification
This subchapter was enacted as part of the European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019, and also as part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and not as part of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 which comprises this chapter.
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