; and (B) has not, for a period of at least one year after the date on which the civil penalties were imposed, conducted any other activities in violation of an export control or sanctions law of the United States; and (2) the modification of the civil penalties is in the vital national security interest of the United States and the President includes in the certification a specific and detailed rationale for such modification. (b) Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (1) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.