Definitions

In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Sustainable peace The term sustainable peace means a condition in which violent conflict is durably reduced or prevented through locally supported political, economic, and security arrangements, including effective governance and rule of law, such that the risk of relapse into conflict is minimized without reliance on indefinite external assistance.