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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.

§ 283m. Additional increases in resources of the Fund for Special Operations

Statutory text

(a)

Authorization of vote; payment to Fund

The United States Governor of the Bank is hereby authorized to vote in favor of the resolution entitled “Increase of $1,200,000,000 in Resources of Fund for Special Operations” proposed by the Governors at their annual meeting in April 1967 and now pending before the Board of Governors of the Bank. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the United States Governor is authorized to agree, on behalf of the United States, to pay to the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank, the sum of $900,000,000, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of such resolution, and subject to the further condition that in consideration of the United States balance-of-payments deficit any local cost financing, by project or otherwise, with the funds authorized under this section to be held to the minimum possible level. The United States Governor is also authorized to vote in favor of the amendment to Annex C of the agreement, now pending before the Board of Governors of the Bank, to modify the procedure employed in the election of Executive Directors.

(b)

Authorization of appropriations

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation, for the United States share in the increase in the resources of the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank, the sum of $900,000,000.

(c)

Loan disapproval by the United States

The voting power of the United States shall be exercised for the purpose of disapproving any loan which might assist the recipient country directly or indirectly to acquire sophisticated or heavy military equipment.

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. Inter-American Development Bank Act

    Pub. L. 86–147 § 16 · 73 Stat. 299

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 283m

    (Pub. L. 86–147, § 16, as added Pub. L. 90–88, § 2, Sept. 22, 1967, 81 Stat. 227.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 86–147, § 16, as added Pub. L. 90–88, § 2, Sept. 22, 1967, 81 Stat. 227.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

(Pub. L. 86–147, § 16, as added Pub. L. 90–88, § 2, , 81 Stat. 227.)

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