### Question
How does the law define appropriate congressional committees?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 2160e*, **appropriate congressional committees** is defined as:

> the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Financial Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 2160e*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 23-DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY > Division A-Atomic Energy > SUBCHAPTER X-INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES**

