Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§285p Illegal drug traffic; loan restrictions

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK › § 285p

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Treasury Secretary must tell the United States Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank to vote against any loan or use of the Bank’s funds that would help any country the President has told the Treasury is not doing enough to stop illegal drugs. "Not doing enough" means failing to stop drugs made or moved in that country from being sold illegally there to U.S. government workers or their families, or from getting into the United States unlawfully. "Narcotic drugs and other controlled substances" are as defined by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). The instruction stays in effect until the President tells the Treasury that the country has fixed the problem.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §285p

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The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank to vote against any loan or other utilization of the funds of the Bank for the benefit of any country with respect to which the President has made a determination, and so notified the Secretary of the Treasury, that the government of such country has failed to take adequate steps to prevent narcotic drugs and other controlled substances (as defined by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.]) produced or processed, in whole or in part, in such country, or transported through such country, from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to United States Government personnel or their dependents, or from entering the United States unlawfully. Such instruction shall continue in effect until the President determines, and so notifies the Secretary of the Treasury, that the government of such country has taken adequate steps to prevent such sale or entry of narcotic drugs and other controlled substances.

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The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91–513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1236, which is classified principally to chapter 13 (§ 801 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 801 of Title 21 and Tables.

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22 U.S.C. § 285p

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73