### Question
Can you define what appropriate committees of the Congress means?


### Answer
**Appropriate committees of the Congress** is defined as the following in *22 U.S.C. § 2723*:

> the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 2723*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 38-DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

