“In this Act:“(1) Alien; national; national of the united states.—The terms ‘alien’, ‘national’, and ‘national of the United States’ have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).
“(2) Appropriate congressional committees and leadership.—The term ‘appropriate congressional committees and leadership’ means—“(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate; and
“(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
“(3) Basic law.—The term ‘Basic Law’ means the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
“(4) China.—The term ‘China’ means the People’s Republic of China.
“(5) Entity.—The term ‘entity’ means a partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, organization, network, group, or subgroup, or any other form of business collaboration.
“(6) Financial institution.—The term ‘financial institution’ means a financial institution specified in section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code.
“(7) Hong kong.—The term ‘Hong Kong’ means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
“(8) Joint declaration.—The term ‘Joint Declaration’ means the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing on December 19, 1984.
“(9) Knowingly.—The term ‘knowingly’, with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
“(10) Person.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, the term ‘person’ means an individual or entity.
“(11) United states person.—The term ‘United States person’ means—“(A) any citizen or national of the United States;
“(B) any alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
“(C) any 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
“(D) any person located in the United States.