# 31 CFR § 597.301: Agent

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.301

## Section

- **Citation:** 31 CFR § 597.301
- **Heading:** Agent
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER V—OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY > PART 597—FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS > Subpart C—General Definitions

## Text

(a) The term agent means:
(1) Any person owned or controlled by a foreign terrorist organization; or
(2) Any person to the extent that such person is, or has been, or to the extent that there is reasonable cause to believe that such person is, or has been, since the effective date, acting or purporting to act directly or indirectly on behalf of a foreign terrorist organization.
(b) The term agent includes, but is not limited to, any person determined by the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control to be an agent as defined in paragraph (a) of this section.
Note to § 597.301:
The names of persons designated as foreign terrorist organizations or determined to fall within this definition are published in the Federal Register and incorporated into the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”) with the identifier “[FTO].” The SDN List is accessible through the following page on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Web site: http://www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional information pertaining to the SDN List can be found in appendix A to this chapter. Section 501.807 of this chapter sets forth the procedures to be followed by a person seeking administrative reconsideration of a determination that the person falls within this definition, or who wishes to assert that the circumstances resulting in such a determination are no longer applicable.
[62 FR 52495, Oct. 8, 1997, as amended at 76 FR 38544, June 30, 2011; 78 FR 38577, June 27, 2013]

## Nearby sections

- [31 CFR § 597.101 § 597.101 Relation of this part to other laws and regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.101.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.201 § 597.201 Prohibited transactions involving blocked assets or funds of foreign terrorist organizations or their agents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.201.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.202 § 597.202 Effect of transfers violating the provisions of this part.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.202.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.203 § 597.203 Holding of funds in interest-bearing accounts; investment and reinvestment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.203.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.204 § 597.204 Evasions; attempts; conspiracies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.204.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.301 § 597.301 Agent.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.301.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.302 § 597.302 Assets.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.302.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.303 § 597.303 Blocked account; blocked funds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.303.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.304 § 597.304 Designation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.304.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.305 § 597.305 Effective date.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.305.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.306 § 597.306 Entity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.306.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.307 § 597.307 Financial institution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.307.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.308 § 597.308 Financial transaction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.308.md)
- [31 CFR § 597.309 § 597.309 Foreign terrorist organization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-597.309.md)

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