6 1 individual in practice, including under the legis- 2 lation, ministerial decrees, regulations, orders, 3 judicial case law, and customary practices of 4 the competent authority; and 5 ‘‘(B) include situations in which the posi- 6 tion of the competent authority differs from the 7 law as written, if the position of the competent 8 authority that an individual is not a national of 9 the country is determinative. 10 ‘‘(5) RELEVANT evant association’ means a natural person’s connec- 12 tion to a country through— 13 ‘‘(A) birth on the territory of the country; 14 ‘‘(B) descent from 1 or more individuals who are nationals of the country; 16 ‘‘(C) marriage to an individual who is a 17 national of the country; 18 ‘‘(D) adoption by an individual who is a 19 national of the country; or 20 ‘‘(E) habitual residence in the country. 21 ‘‘(6) STATELESS PERSON.—The term ‘stateless 22 person’ means an individual who is not considered as 23 a national by any state under the operation of its 24 law. •S 5330 IS VerDate Sep 11 2014 term ‘rel- 11 15 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS ASSOCIATION.—The 16:14 Jan 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S5330.IS S5330