; alien The terms admitted and alien have the meanings given those terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ). (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. (3) Foreign person The term foreign person means a person that is not a United States person. (4) Knowingly The term knowingly , with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result. (5) Person The term person means an individual or entity. (6) Political warfare The term political warfare means any act that— (A) is engaged in by a person that is intentionally acting as an agent of a government of a foreign country or foreign political party; and (B) seeks to influence political, diplomatic, economic, or educational activities in the United States for the purpose of harming the national security or defense of the United States or the safety and security of any United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, including— (i) spreading propaganda on behalf of the government of a foreign country or a foreign political party; (ii) attempting to recruit persons to participate in activities controlled by or coordinated by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party; (iii) disrupting activities in the United States that a government of a foreign country or foreign political party may oppose and in which participating persons are exercising their rights protected under the Constitution of the United States and other laws of the United States