; (3) to better position the United States to advance its economic, security, and human rights interests in the Indo-Pacific region; and (4) to encourage further expansion of other people-to-people exchanges, including by expanding the Fulbright Scholars Program, the International Visitors Leadership Program, and other exchange programs that permit the people of Taiwan to work and study in the United States. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Agency head The term agency head means— (A) in the case of the executive branch of United States Government or an agency of the legislative branch other than the Senate or the House of Representatives, the head of the respective agency; (B) in the case of the judicial branch of United States Government, the chief judge of the respective court; (C) in the case of the Senate, the President pro tempore, in consultation with the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate; and (D) in the case of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House, in consultation with the majority leader and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. (2) Agency of the united states government The term agency of the United States Government includes any agency of the legislative branch and any court of the judicial branch as well as any agency of the executive branch. (3) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives