“For purposes of this division:“(1) Appropriate members of congress.—The term ‘appropriate Members of Congress’ means the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
“(2) Financial institution.—The term ‘financial institution’ means a United States financial institution or a foreign financial institution.
“(3) Foreign financial institution.—The term ‘foreign financial institution’ has the meaning given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
“(4) Funds.—The term ‘funds’ means—“(A) cash;
“(B) equity;
“(C) any other asset whose value is derived from a contractual claim, including bank deposits, bonds, stocks, a security as defined in section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)), or a security or an equity security as defined in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)); and
“(D) anything else that the Secretary determines appropriate.
“(5) 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.
“(6) Secretary.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Treasury.
“(7) United states financial institution.—The term ‘United States financial institution’ has the meaning given the term ‘U.S. financial institution’ under section 561.309 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.”
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