22 USC 2431a - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1) Administering body 
The term administering body means the entity provided for in section 2431g (c) of this title.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees 
The term appropriate congressional committees means
(A) the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(3) Beneficiary country 
The term beneficiary country means an eligible country with respect to which the authority of section 2431d (a)(1) of this title, section 2431e (a)(1) of this title, or paragraph (1) or (2) of section 2431f (a) of this title is exercised.
(4) Board 
The term Board means the board referred to in section 2431i of this title.
(5) Developing country with a tropical forest 
The term developing country with a tropical forest means
(A) 
(i) a country that has a per capita income of $725 or less in 1994 United States dollars (commonly referred to as low-income country), as determined and adjusted on an annual basis by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in its World Development Report; or
(ii) a country that has a per capita income of more than $725 but less than $8,956 in 1994 United States dollars (commonly referred to as middle-income country), as determined and adjusted on an annual basis by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in its World Development Report; and
(B) a country that contains at least one tropical forest that is globally outstanding in terms of its biological diversity or represents one of the larger intact blocks of tropical forests left, on a regional, continental, or global scale.
(6) Eligible country 
The term eligible country means a country designated by the President in accordance with section 2431c of this title.
(7) Tropical Forest Agreement 
The term Tropical Forest Agreement or Agreement means a Tropical Forest Agreement provided for in section 2431g of this title.
(8) Tropical Forest Facility 
The term Tropical Forest Facility or Facility means the Tropical Forest Facility established in the Department of the Treasury by section 2431b of this title.
(9) Tropical Forest Fund 
The term Tropical Forest Fund or Fund means a Tropical Forest Fund provided for in section 2431h of this title.