Definitions

In this Act: (1) Admitted; alien The terms admitted and alien have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. (3) Correspondent account; payable-through account The terms correspondent account and payable-through account have the meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code. (4) Dayton Peace Agreement The term Dayton Peace Agreement, also known as the Dayton Accords, means the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, initialed by the parties in Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995, and signed in Paris on December 14, 1995. (5) Foreign financial institution The term foreign financial institution has the meaning of that term as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury by regulation. (6) Foreign person The term foreign person means a person that is not a United States person. (7) Illegal parallel institution The term illegal parallel institution means an agency, structure, or instrumentality at the Republika Srpska entity level that disrupts the authority of the state-level institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and undermines its constitutional order. (8) Knowingly The term knowingly, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. (9) Person The term person means an individual or entity. (10) United States person The term United States person means— (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; or (C) any person in the United States.