“In this Act [see Short Title of 2019 Amendment note above]:“(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means—“(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
“(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
“(C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
“(D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
“(E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
“(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
“(G) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;
“(H) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives;
“(I) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and
“(J) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
“(2) Social credit system.—The term ‘social credit system’ means a system proposed by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and scheduled for implementation by 2020, which would—“(A) use existing financial credit systems, public records, online activity, and other tools of surveillance to aggregate data on every Chinese citizen and business; and
“(B) use such data to monitor, shape, and rate certain financial, social, religious, or political behaviors.
“(3) United states person.—The term ‘United States person’ means—“(A) a United States citizen;
“(B) a lawfully admitted permanent resident of the United States; or
“(C) an entity organized under the laws of—“(i) the United States; or
“(ii) any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.
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