covered foreign country
Defined in 4 places across 3 titles of the United States Code.
Covered Foreign Country Defined.—In this section, the term "covered foreign country" means a country described in section 1261(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2019).
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- 2013–201710 U.S.C. § 2279Armed Forces · Foreign commercial satellite services and foreign launches · in this section
In this paragraph, the term “covered foreign country” means The People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 4862Armed Forces · Requirement to buy certain articles from American sources; exceptions · in this section
The term "covered foreign country" means a foreign country that is a nuclear-weapon state, as defined by Article IX(3) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, but does not include the United States, the United Kingdom, or France.
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- 2015–present42 U.S.C. § 2077aThe Public Health and Welfare · Interagency review of applications for the transfer of United States civil nuclear technology · in this section
The term "covered foreign country" means any of the following:
(A) A country described in section 1261(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2019).
(B) The Russian Federation.
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- 2017–present10 U.S.C. § 2279Armed Forces · Foreign commercial satellite services and foreign launches · in this section
The term "covered foreign country" means the following:
(A) The Russian Federation.
(B) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
(C) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(D) The People's Republic of China.
(E) Any other foreign country that the Director of the Center determines appropriate for purposes of this section.
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- 2019–present50 U.S.C. § 3059War and National Defense · Foreign Malign Influence Center · in this section