---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 10703"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "10703"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/10703"
units:
  - "Chapter 114 — Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity"
---

# §10703. Definitions


In this subtitle:

- (1) **Appropriate committees of Congress—** The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
  - (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
  - (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
  - (C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
  - (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
  - (E) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
  - (F) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
- (2) **ICT—** The term “ICT” means information and communication technology.
- (3) **Western Balkans—** The term “Western Balkans” means the region comprised of the following countries:
  - (A) The Republic of Albania.
  - (B) Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  - (C) The Republic of Kosovo.
  - (D) Montenegro.
  - (E) The Republic of North Macedonia.
  - (F) The Republic of Serbia.
- (4) **Western Balkans country—** The term “Western Balkans country” means any country listed in subparagraphs [(A)](#3-A) through [(F)](#3-F) of paragraph (3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIII, § 8334, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1867.)