capital
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
The term "capital"—
(I) means cash and all real, personal, or mixed tangible assets owned and controlled by the alien investor, or held in trust for the benefit of the alien and to which the alien has unrestricted access;
(II) shall be valued at fair market value in United States dollars, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or other standard accounting practice adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the time it is invested under this paragraph;
(III) does not include—
Source
- 2022–present8 U.S.C. § 1153Aliens and Nationality · Allocation of immigrant visas · in this section
The term “capital”—
(I) means cash and all real, personal, or mixed tangible assets owned and controlled by the alien investor, or held in trust for the benefit of the alien and to which the alien has unrestricted access;
(II) shall be valued at fair market value in United States dollars, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or other standard accounting practice adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the time it is invested under this paragraph;
(III) does not include—
(aa) assets directly or indirectly acquired by unlawful means, including any cash proceeds of indebtedness secured by such assets;
(bb) capital invested in exchange for a note, bond, convertible debt, obligation, or any other debt arrangement between the alien investor and the new commercial enterprise;
(cc) capital invested with a guaranteed rate of return on the amount invested by the alien investor; or
(dd) except as provided in subclause (IV), capital invested that is subject to any agreement between the alien investor and the new commercial enterprise that provides the investor with a contractual right to repayment, such as a mandatory redemption at a certain time or upon the occurrence of a certain event, or a put or sell-back option held by the alien investor, even if such contractual right is contingent on the success of the new commercial enterprise, such as having sufficient available cash flow; and
(IV) includes capital invested that—
(aa) is subject to a buy back option that may be exercised solely at the discretion of the new commercial enterprise; and
(bb) results in the alien investor withdrawing his or her petition unless the alien investor has fulfilled his or her sustainment period and other requirements under this paragraph.
Source
- 20228 U.S.C. § 1153Aliens and Nationality · Allocation of immigrant visas · in this section
The term "capital" means the economic net worth of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, as determined by the Secretary under the annual audit required under section 1735f–16 of this title.
Source
- 1994–present12 U.S.C. § 1711Banks and Banking · General Surplus and Participating Reserve Accounts · under this section