Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§262m–1 Environmental performance of banks; mechanisms for improvement
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 262m–1
Summary
Require the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, working with the USAID Administrator, to actively promote ways for the banks to improve their environmental performance. They must push the banks to fix their internal organization, management, and procedures so aid programs better protect natural resources and indigenous peoples.
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Title 22, §262m–1
Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, shall vigorously promote mechanisms to strengthen the environmental performance of these banks. These mechanisms shall include strengthening organizational, administrative, and procedural arrangements within the banks which will substantially improve management of assistance programs necessary to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of indigenous peoples.
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Editorial Notes
Codification section 1302 of Pub. L. 95–118 is based on section 701 of title VII of H.R. 3750, One Hundredth Congress, as introduced Dec. 11, 1987, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 100–202.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions The definition in section 262p of this title applies to this section.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 262m–1
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73