Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§286x Assistance to private sector of El Salvador, Nicaragua, and other nations
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XV— - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT › § 286x
Summary
Congress wants the Fund and the Bank, when giving loans or aid—especially to El Salvador and Nicaragua—to back private-sector programs that stabilize the economy, and U.S. representatives must promote that use.
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Title 22, §286x
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It is the sense of the Congress that in providing assistance through loans or other means to any nation, in particular El Salvador and Nicaragua, the Fund and the Bank should encourage programs which assist the private sector to create an environment which will stabilize the economy of the nation; and that the United States representatives to the Fund and the Bank shall promote the use of assistance by the Fund and the Bank to encourage such programs.
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Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 7, 1980, see section 12 of Pub. L. 96–389, set out as a note under section 286s of this title.
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22 U.S.C. § 286x
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73