18 U.S.C. § 11

Foreign government defined

The term “foreign government”, as used in this title except in sections 112, 878, 970, 1116, and 1201, includes any government, faction, or body of insurgents within a country with which the United States is at peace, irrespective of recognition by the United States.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 645 , 62 Stat. 686 ; Pub. L. 94–467, § 11 , Oct. 8, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2001 .)