Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury last revised: Apr 15, 2025
§ 589.317 - Foreign person.

(a) For the purposes of §§ 589.201(a)(6) and 589.413, the term foreign person means any citizen or national of a foreign state (including any such individual who is also a citizen or national of the United States), or any entity not organized solely under the laws of the United States or existing solely in the United States, but does not include a foreign state.

(b) For the purposes of the rest of this part, the term foreign person means any person that is not a U.S. person.

authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 8901-8910,8921; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651,1701; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 115-44, 131 Stat. 886 (codified in scattered sections of 22 U.S.C.); E.O. 13660, 79 FR 13493, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 226; E.O. 13661, 79 FR 15535, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 229; E.O. 13662, 79 FR 16169, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 233; E.O. 13685, 79 FR 77357, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 313., E.O. 13849, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 875, E.O. 14065, 87 FR 10293, 3 CFR, 2022 Comp., p. 340
source: 87 FR 26099, May 2, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 31 CFR 589.317