Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§9631 Operations

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 103— - BETTER UTILIZATION OF INVESTMENTS LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 9631

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Corporation may support projects under subchapter II in any country whose government has an agreement with the United States allowing that support. Claims from support under subchapter II or earlier authority can be settled or arbitrated if the parties agree, on terms the Corporation sets, and any settlement or arbitration payment is final. Contracts signed by officers the Board names are presumed to meet the law’s requirements. The Corporation must accept electronic documents and payments in all programs. Congress urges the Corporation to consult current employees before big reorganizations and to consider preference, experience, and, when relevant, seniority when reassigning staff.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §9631

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(a)The Corporation may provide support under subchapter II of this chapter in connection with projects in any country the government of which has entered into an agreement with the United States authorizing the Corporation to provide such support in that country.
(b)(1)Claims arising as a result of support provided under subchapter II of this chapter or under predecessor authority may be settled, and disputes arising as a result thereof may be arbitrated with the consent of the parties, on such terms and conditions as the Corporation may determine.
(2)Payment made pursuant to any settlement pursuant to paragraph (1), or as a result of an arbitration award, shall be final and conclusive notwithstanding any other provision of law.
(c)Each contract executed by such officer or officers as may be designated by the Board shall be conclusively presumed to be issued in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(d)The Corporation shall implement policies to accept electronic documents and electronic payments in all of its programs.
(e)It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)the Corporation is obligated to consult with and collect input from current employees on plans to substantially reorganize the Corporation prior to implementation of such plan; and
(2)the Corporation should consider preference, experience, and, when relevant, seniority when reassigning existing employees to new areas of work.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this division”, meaning division F of Pub. L. 115–254, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3485, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of division F to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 9601 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2025—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 119–60 added subsec. (e).

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 9631

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73