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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.

§ 282o. Selective capital increase and amendment of the Articles of Agreement

Statutory text

(a)

Vote authorized

The United States Governor of the Corporation is authorized to vote in favor of a resolution to increase the capital stock of the Corporation by $130,000,000.

(b)

Amendment of the Articles of Agreement

The United States Governor of the Corporation is authorized to agree to and accept an amendment to Article IV, Section 3(a) of the Articles of Agreement of the Corporation that achieves an increase in basic votes to 5.55 percent of total votes.

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. Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 div. I title VII § 7081(b) · 125 Stat. 1259

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 282o

    (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 788, § 17, as added Pub. L. 112–74, div. I, title VII, § 7081(b), Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1259.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 788, § 17, as added Pub. L. 112–74, div. I, title VII, § 7081(b), Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1259.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) International Finance Corporation.— The International Finance Corporation Act, Public Law 84–350, as amended (22 U.S.C. 282 et seq.), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “SEC. 17. SELECTIVE CAPITAL INCREASE AND AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. “(a) Vote Authorized.— The United States Governor of the Corporation is authorized to vote in favor of a resolution to increase the capital stock of the Corporation by $130,000,000. “(b) Amendment of the Articles of Agreement.— The United States Governor of the Corporation is authorized to agree to and accept an amendment to Article IV, Section 3(a) of the Articles of Agreement of the Corporation that achieves an increase in basic votes to 5.55 percent of total votes.” .

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 788, § 17, as added Pub. L. 112–74, div. I, title VII, § 7081(b), , 125 Stat. 1259.)

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