Collapse to view only § 2341. Definitions
§ 2341. DefinitionsIn this chapter:
(1) Appropriate congressional committeesThe term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Foreign personThe term “foreign person”—
(A) means—
(i) any citizen or national of a foreign country; or
(ii) any entity not organized under the laws of the United States or a jurisdiction within the United States; and
(B) does not include the government of a foreign country.
(3) Knowingly
(4) Trafficking
(5) Transnational criminal organizationThe term “transnational criminal organization” includes—
(A) any organization designated as a significant transnational criminal organization under part 590 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations;
(B) any of the organizations known as—
(i) the Sinaloa Cartel;
(ii) the Jalisco New Generation Cartel;
(iii) the Gulf Cartel;
(iv) the Los Zetas Cartel;
(v) the Juarez Cartel;
(vi) the Tijuana Cartel;
(vii) the Beltran-Leyva Cartel; or
(viii) La Familia Michoacana; or
(C) any successor organization to an organization described in subparagraph (B) or as otherwise determined by the President.
(6) United States personThe term “United States person” means—
(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; or
(C) any person in the United States.
(Pub. L. 118–50, div. E, § 3003, Apr. 24, 2024, 138 Stat. 935.)