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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.

§ 262g. Human nutrition in developing countries and United States assistance policies with international financial institutions; declaration of policy

Statutory text

The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United States, in connection with its voice and vote in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Fund, and the Asian Development Bank, to combat hunger and malnutrition and to encourage economic development in the developing countries, with emphasis on assistance to those countries that are determined to improve their own agricultural production, by seeking to channel assistance for agriculturally related development to projects that would aid in fulfilling domestic food and nutrition needs and in alleviating hunger and malnutrition in the recipient country. The United States representatives to the institutions named in this section shall oppose any loan or other financial assistance for establishing or expanding production for export of palm oil, sugar, or citrus crops if such loan or assistance will cause injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing agricultural commodity.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 95–118 title IX § 901 · 91 Stat. 1067

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 262g

    Pub. L. 95–118, title IX, § 901, Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1071

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–118, title IX, § 901, Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1071

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 901. (a) The Congress declares it to be the policy of the United Assistance policies. 22 USC 262g. States, in connection with its voice and vote in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Fund, and the Asian Development Bank, to combat hunger and malnutrition and to encourage economic development in the developing countries, with emphasis on assistance to those countries that are determined to improve their own agricultural production, by seeking to channel assistance for agriculturally related development to projects that would aid in fulfilling domestic food and nutrition needs and in alleviating hunger and malnutrition in the recipient country. The United States representatives to the institutions Palm oil, sugar and citrus crops, U.S. producers, protection. named in this section shall oppose any loan or other financial assistance for establishing or expanding production for export of palm oil, sugar, or citrus crops if such loan or assistance will cause injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing agricultural commodity. (b) The Secretaries of State and Treasury shall report annually to Annual report to Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on the progress towards achieving the goals of this title.

  2. Pub. L. 97–35 title XIII § 1371(b)(2) · 95 Stat. 357

    1. Redesignated · 22 U.S.C. § 262g

      Pub. L. 97–35 redesignated subsec. (a) as entire section

    2. Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 262g

      Pub. L. 97–35 struck out subsec. (b) which related to an annual report to Congress on the progress towards achieving the goals of this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 97–35 redesignated subsec. (a) as entire section and struck out subsec. (b) which related to an annual report to Congress on the progress towards achieving the goals of this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 901 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 262g) is amended— (A) by striking out “(a)”; and (B) by repealing subsection (b).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as an Effective Date note under section 290i of this title.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1981—Pub. L. 97–35 redesignated subsec. (a) as entire section and struck out subsec. (b) which related to an annual report to Congress on the progress towards achieving the goals of this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective , see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as an Effective Date note under section 290i of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 1001 of Pub. L. 95–118, set out as a note under section 282i of this title.

Credits

1977–1981 · 2 acts
  1. 1977Pub. L. 95–118, title IX, § 901, , 91 Stat. 1071
  2. 1981Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, § 1371(b)(2), , 95 Stat. 746.
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(Pub. L. 95–118, title IX, § 901, , 91 Stat. 1071; Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, § 1371(b)(2), , 95 Stat. 746.)

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