Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§286e–1k Capital stock increase

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XV— - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT › § 286e–1k

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States Governor at the Bank may vote to increase the bank’s total allowed shares by 620,000. The Governor may also sign the United States up for 116,262 additional shares, but those subscriptions only count for the amounts Congress funds in advance through appropriation laws. To pay for the extra U.S. shares, Congress may provide $14,025,266,370, with no fiscal year limit, for the Treasury Secretary to use.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §286e–1k

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(a)The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized—

(1)to vote for an increase of 620,000 shares in the authorized capital stock of the Bank; and

(2)to subscribe on behalf of the United States to 116,262 additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank, except that any subscription to such additional shares shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

(b)In order to pay for the increase in the United States subscription to the Bank provided for in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $14,025,266,370, for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification section 53 of act July 31, 1945, is based on section 1 of H.R. 4645, One Hundredth Congress, as reported Sept. 28, 1988, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 100–461.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 286e–1k

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73