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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§283j–1 Audit

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XII— - INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK › § 283j–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Treasury Secretary must tell the U.S. Executive Director to ask the Inter-American Development Bank’s Board to create an ongoing, selective, independent, and thorough audit program. The audit reports must be sent to the Board of Executive Directors and to the Board of Governors. The Treasury Secretary must also write the audit’s scope and the auditing and reporting rules to help shape the audit plan. The National Advisory Council must use those audit reports when telling Congress how well the Bank carries out its loans. The Comptroller General may review the audits and suggest improvements to the Treasury and to Congress.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §283j–1

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director to propose the establishment by the Board of Executive Directors of a program of selective but continuing independent and comprehensive audit of the Inter-American Development Bank, in accordance with such terms of reference as the Board of Executive Directors itself (or through a subcommittee), may prescribe. Such proposal shall provide that the audit reports be submitted to the Board of Executive Directors and to the Board of Governors.
(b)The Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare the scope of the audit and the auditing and reporting standards for the use of the United States Executive Director in assisting in the formulation of the terms of reference.
(c)The reports of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies to the Congress shall include, among other things, an appraisal of the effectiveness of the implementation and administration of the loans made by the Bank based upon the audit reports. The Comptroller General may review the reports of audit and findings issued and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Congress any suggestions he might have in improving the scope of the audit or auditing and reporting standards of the independent auditing firm, group, or staff.

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Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–316 substituted “Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare” for “Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare for the Secretary of the Treasury”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–316 substituted “may review” for “shall periodically review” in second sentence.

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22 U.S.C. § 283j–1

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73