Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§2431h Conservation Fund

Title 22 › Chapter 32— FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter IV— DEBT REDUCTION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH TROPICAL FORESTS › § 2431h

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each beneficiary country that signs a Conservation Agreement must create a Conservation Fund to receive interest and principal payments on any new obligations under this subchapter. The fund must follow the same deposit, investment, and disbursement rules that apply to the Enterprise for the Americas Fund (see section 2430f).

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2431h

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(a)Each beneficiary country that enters into a Conservation Agreement under section 2431g of this title shall be required to establish a Conservation Fund to receive payments of interest and principal on new obligations undertaken by the beneficiary country under this subchapter.
(b)The following terms and conditions shall apply to the Fund in the same manner as such terms as 11 So in original. Probably should be “and”. conditions apply to an Enterprise for the Americas Fund under section 2430f of this title:
(1)The provision relating to deposits under subsection (b) of such section.
(2)The provision relating to investments under subsection (c) of such section.
(3)The provision relating to disbursements under subsection (d) of such section.

Legislative History

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Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 115–440, § 9(a)(1), substituted “Conservation Fund” for “Tropical Forest Fund” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–440, § 9(a)(2), substituted “Conservation Agreement” for “Tropical Forest Agreement” and “Conservation Fund” for “Tropical Forest Fund”. 2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–323 inserted “and principal” after “interest”.

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22 U.S.C. § 2431h

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60