---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2321c"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2321c"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2321c"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Foreign Assistance"
  - "Subchapter II — Military Assistance and Sales"
  - "Part II — Military Assistance"
---

# §2321c. Definitions


For purposes of sections [2321b](/usc/22/2321b.md) and [2314a](/usc/22/2314a.md)[^1] of this title—

- (1) “[defense article](/usc/22/2403.md?p=d)” and “[excess defense articles](/usc/22/2403.md?p=g)” have the same meanings as given them in subsections (d) and (g), respectively, of [section 2403 of this title](/usc/22/2403.md); and
- (2) “foreign country” includes any department, agency, or independent establishment of the foreign country.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–672, § 11, Jan. 12, 1971, 84 Stat. 2055.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 2314a, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 93–189, § 26(4), Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 731.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.