PUBLIC LAW 110–174—DEC. 31, 2007
121 STAT. 2517
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and Accountability Act (Public Law 109–344; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note); and (B) marginalized areas in Northern Sudan described in section 4(9) of such Act. (6) MILITARY EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘military equipment’’ means— (A) weapons, arms, military supplies, and equipment that readily may be used for military purposes, including radar systems or military-grade transport vehicles; or (B) supplies or services sold or provided directly or indirectly to any force actively participating in armed conflict in Sudan. (7) MINERAL EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘mineral extraction activities’’ means exploring, extracting, processing, transporting, or wholesale selling or trading of elemental minerals or associated metal alloys or oxides (ore), including gold, copper, chromium, chromite, diamonds, iron, iron ore, silver, tungsten, uranium, and zinc. (8) OIL-RELATED ACTIVITIES.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘oil-related activities’’ means— (i) exporting, extracting, producing, refining, processing, exploring for, transporting, selling, or trading oil; and (ii) constructing, maintaining, or operating a pipeline, refinery, or other oilfield infrastructure. (B) EXCLUSIONS.—A person shall not be considered to be involved in an oil-related activity if— (i) the person is involved in the retail sale of gasoline or related consumer products in Sudan but is not involved in any other activity described in subparagraph (A); or (ii) the person is involved in leasing, or owns, rights to an oil block in Sudan but is not involved in any other activity described in subparagraph (A). (9) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— (A) a natural person, corporation, company, business association, partnership, society, trust, any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group; (B) any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government, including a multilateral development institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3))); and (C) any successor, subunit, parent company or subsidiary of any entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B). (10) POWER PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘power production activities’’ means any business operation that involves a project commissioned by the National Electricity Corporation of Sudan or other similar entity of the Government of Sudan whose purpose is to facilitate power generation and delivery, including establishing power-generating plants or hydroelectric dams, selling or installing components for the project, or providing service contracts related to the installation or maintenance of the project. (11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
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