; and (2) the activities inside Venezuelan territory of foreign armed groups, including Colombian criminal organizations and defectors from the Colombian guerilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and foreign terrorist organizations, including the Colombian guerilla group known as the National Liberation Army (ELN). (b) Appropriate congressional committees In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate ; (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and (4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives . VII Cryptocurrency Sanctions and Ensuring the Effectiveness of United States Sanctions 701. Sanctions on Venezuela’s cryptocurrency and the provision of related technologies (a) Finding Executive Order 13827 (83 Fed. Reg. 12469), which was signed on March 19, 2018, established sanctions against the Maduro regime’s ability to issue a digital currency in an effort to circumvent United States sanctions. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Entity The term entity means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization. (2) Person The term person means an individual or entity. (3) United States person The term United States person means any— (A) United States citizen; (B) alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; (C) entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign branch of any such entity)