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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.

§ 286a. Appointments

Statutory text

(a)

Governors and executive directors; term of office

The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a governor of the Fund who shall also serve as a governor of the Bank, and an executive director of the Fund and an executive director of the Bank. The executive directors so appointed shall also serve as provisional executive directors of the Fund and the Bank for the purposes of the respective Articles of Agreement. The term of office for the governor of the Fund and of the Bank shall be five years. The term of office for the executive directors shall be two years, but the executive directors shall remain in office until their successors have been appointed.

(b)

Alternates; term of office

The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an alternate for the governor of the Fund and an alternate for the governor of the Bank. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an alternate for each of the executive directors. The alternate for each executive director shall be appointed from among individuals recommended to the President by the executive director. The terms of office for alternates for the governor and the executive directors shall be the same as the terms specified in subsection (a) for the governor and executive directors.

(c)

Governor to serve as councillor; alternates and associates

Should the provisions of Schedule D of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund apply, the Governor of the Fund shall also serve as councillor, shall designate an alternate for the councillor, and may designate associates.

(d)

Compensation for services

(1)

No person shall be entitled to receive any salary or other compensation from the United States for services as a Governor, executive director, councillor, alternate, or associate.

(2)

The United States executive director of the Fund shall not be compensated by the Fund at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5. The United States alternate executive director of the Fund shall not be compensated by the Fund at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5.

(3)

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of the Fund to present to the Fund’s Executive Board a comprehensive set of proposals, consistent with maintaining high levels of competence of Fund personnel and consistent with the Articles of Agreement, with the objective of assuring that salaries and other compensation accorded Fund employees do not exceed those received by persons filling similar levels of responsibility within national government service or private industry. The Secretary shall report these proposals together with any measures adopted by the Fund’s Executive Board to the Congress prior to .

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. Bretton Woods Agreements Act

    Pub. L. 79–339 § 3 · 59 Stat. 512

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 286a

    July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 3, 59 Stat. 512

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 3, 59 Stat. 512

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. appointment of governors, executive directors, and alternates (a) Dual functions of appointees. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a governor of the Fund who shall also serve as a governor of the Bank, and an executive director of the Fund and an executive director of the Bank. The executive directors so appointed shall also serve as provisional executive directors of the Terms of office. Fund and the Bank for the purposes of the respective Articles of Agreement. The term of office for the governor of the Fund and of the Bank shall be five years. The term of office for the executive directors shall be two years, but the executive directors shall remain in office until their successors have been appointed. (b) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an alternate for the governor of the Fund who shall also serve as alternate for the governor of the Bank. The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an alternate for each of the executive directors. The alternate for each executive Terms of office. director shall be appointed from among individuals recommended to the President by the executive director. The terms of office for alternates for the governor and the executive directors shall be the same as the terms specified in subsection (a) for the governor and executive directors. (c) Compensation. No person shall be entitled to receive any salary or other compensation from the United States for services as a governor, executive director, or alternate.

  2. Pub. L. 93–94 · 87 Stat. 314

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 286a(b)

    Pub. L. 93–94 substituted “and an alternate for the governor of the Bank” for “who shall also serve as alternate for the governor of the Bank”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–94 substituted “and an alternate for the governor of the Bank” for “who shall also serve as alternate for the governor of the Bank”.

  3. Pub. L. 94–564 § 2(1) · 90 Stat. 2660

    Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 286a(c)

    Pub. L. 94–564, § 2(1), amended subsec. (c) generally to provide that the Governor serve as councillor and designate an alternate and associates. Former provisions relating to compensation were included in subsec. (d)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–564, § 2(1), amended subsec. (c) generally to provide that the Governor serve as councillor and designate an alternate and associates. Former provisions relating to compensation were included in subsec. (d).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) section 3(c) shall be amended to read as follows: “(c) Should the provisions of Schedule D of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund apply, the Governor of the Fund shall also serve as councillor, shall designate an alternate for the councillor, and may designate associates.”;

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 94–564, § 9, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2661, provided that: “The amendments made by sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Act [amending this section, sections 286c, 286e–2, 286o, 286q, and 286r of this title, and section 822a of former Title 31, Money and Finance] shall become effective upon the entry into force of the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund approved in Resolution Numbered 31–4 of the Board of Governors of the Fund.” Such amendments entered into force Apr. 1, 1978.

  4. Pub. L. 94–564 § 2(2) · 90 Stat. 2660

    Added · 22 U.S.C. § 286a(d)

    Pub. L. 94–564, § 2(2), added subsec. (d)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94–564, § 2(2), added subsec. (d).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) a new section 3(d) shall be added to read as follows: “(d) No person shall be entitled to receive any salary or other compensation from the United States for services as a Governor, executive director, councillor, alternate, or associate.”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 94–564, § 9, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2661, provided that: “The amendments made by sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Act [amending this section, sections 286c, 286e–2, 286o, 286q, and 286r of this title, and section 822a of former Title 31, Money and Finance] shall become effective upon the entry into force of the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund approved in Resolution Numbered 31–4 of the Board of Governors of the Fund.” Such amendments entered into force Apr. 1, 1978.

  5. Pub. L. 95–435 § 2 · 92 Stat. 1051

    1. Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 286a(d)

      Pub. L. 95–435 designated existing provisions as par. (1)

    2. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 286a(d)

      Pub. L. 95–435 added pars. (2) and (3)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–435 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. Section 3(d) of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286a(d)) is redesignated as section 3(d) (1) and amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: “(2) The United States executive director of the Fund shall not be compensated by the Fund at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. The United States alternate executive director of the Fund shall not be compensated by the Fund at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. “(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of the Fund to present to the Fund’s Executive Board a comprehensive set of proposals, consistent with maintaining high levels of competence of Fund personnel and consistent with the Articles of Agreement, with the objective of assuring that salaries and other compensation accorded Fund employees do not exceed those received by persons filling similar levels of responsibility within national government service or private industry. The Secretary shall Report to Congress. report these proposals together with any measures adopted by the Fund’s Executive Board to the Congress prior to February 1, 1979.”.

5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1973–1978 · 3 rounds

1978

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–435 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3).

1976

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–564, § 2(1), amended subsec. (c) generally to provide that the Governor serve as councillor and designate an alternate and associates. Former provisions relating to compensation were included in subsec. (d).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94–564, § 2(2), added subsec. (d).

1973

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–94 substituted “and an alternate for the governor of the Bank” for “who shall also serve as alternate for the governor of the Bank”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Pub. L. 94–564, § 9, , 90 Stat. 2661, provided that: “The amendments made by sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Act [amending this section, sections 286c, 286e–2, 286o, 286q, and 286r of this title, and section 822a of former Title 31, Money and Finance] shall become effective upon the entry into force of the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund approved in Resolution Numbered 31–4 of the Board of Governors of the Fund.” Such amendments entered into force .

Levels of Fund Salaries and Minimization of Travel Costs

Pub. L. 96–389, § 9, , 94 Stat. 1554, provided that: “The United States Executive Director to the Fund shall seek to insure (a) that Fund salaries do not exceed those levels endorsed by the Fund Bank Joint Committee on Staff Compensation Issues; and (b) that travel costs are minimized by limiting first class and supersonic travel to instances where no reasonable alternative exists.”

Credits

1945–1978 · 4 acts
  1. 1945July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 3, 59 Stat. 512
  2. 1973Pub. L. 93–94, , 87 Stat. 314
  3. 1976Pub. L. 94–564, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2660
  4. 1978Pub. L. 95–435, § 2, , 92 Stat. 1051.
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(July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 3, 59 Stat. 512; Pub. L. 93–94, , 87 Stat. 314; Pub. L. 94–564, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2660; Pub. L. 95–435, § 2, , 92 Stat. 1051.)

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