Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: The term “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” has the meaning given that term in section 1603(b) of title 28. The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. The term “commercial activity” has the meaning given that term in section 1603(d) of title 28. As used in subchapters I and III, the term “confiscated” refers to— the nationalization, expropriation, or other seizure by the Cuban Government of ownership or control of property, on or after January 1, 1959— the repudiation by the Cuban Government of, the default by the Cuban Government on, or the failure of the Cuban Government to pay, on or after January 1, 1959— The term “democratically elected government in Cuba” means a government determined by the President to have met the requirements of section 6066 of this title. The term “economic embargo of Cuba” refers to— The term “foreign national” means— The term “knowingly” means with knowledge or having reason to know. The term “official of the Cuban Government or the ruling political party in Cuba” refers to any member of the Council of Ministers, Council of State, central committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, or the Politburo of Cuba, or their equivalents. The term “person” means any person or entity, including any agency or instrumentality of a foreign state. For purposes of subchapter III of this chapter, the term “property” does not include real property used for residential purposes unless, as of March 12, 1996— As used in subchapter III, and except as provided in subparagraph (B), a person “traffics” in confiscated property if that person knowingly and intentionally— The term “traffics” does not include— The term “transition government in Cuba” means a government that the President determines is a transition government consistent with the requirements and factors set forth in section 6065 of this title. The term “United States national” means—