### Question
How is the "appropriate congressional committees" defined?


### Answer
The term **appropriate congressional committees** is defined in *22 U.S.C. § 2295b* as follows -

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

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 2295b*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 31-INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL > SUBCHAPTER I-INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT > Part XI-Support for Economic and Democratic Development of the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union**

