Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§2285 Terms and Conditions

Title 22 › Chapter 32— FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter I— INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Part VII— Debt-for-Nature Exchanges › § 2285

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grants require final approval by the USAID Administrator, the NGO saying the host country accepted the deal, and an agreed plan to cancel the commercial debt. These grants add to, not replace, other U.S. aid. The U.S. may not accept ownership or any legal interest in foreign land as a condition of the exchange.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2285

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(a)The terms and conditions for making grants under this part shall be deemed to be fulfilled upon final approval by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development of the debt-for-nature exchange, a certification by the nongovernmental organization that the host government has accepted the terms of the exchange, and that an agreement has been reached to cancel the commercial debt in an agreed upon fashion.
(b)Grants made under this section are intended to complement, and not substitute for, assistance otherwise available to a foreign country under this chapter or any other provision of law.
(c)The United States Government is prohibited from accepting title or interest in any land in a foreign country as a condition on the debt exchange.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. Codification Another section 465 of Pub. L. 87–195 is classified to section 2275 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2285

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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