Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§262f Promotion of Development and Utilization of Light Capital Technologies and United States Assistance Policies with International Financial Institutions
Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 262f
Summary
When the U.S. uses its vote in the listed international development banks and funds, it must push them to make light-capital (intermediate/appropriate/village) technologies a main part of their development plans, with a special focus on producing and saving energy.
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Title 22, §262f
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The United States Government, in connection with its voice and vote in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank, shall promote the development and utilization of light capital technologies, otherwise known as intermediate, appropriate, or village technologies, by such international institutions as major facets of their development strategies, with major emphasis on the production and conservation of energy through light capital technologies.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1981—Pub. L. 97–35 redesignated subsec. (a) as entire section, inserted reference to African Development Bank, and struck out subsec. (b) which related to an annual report to Congress on progress toward achieving goals of this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 290i of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 3, 1977, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 95–118, set out as a note under section 282i of this title.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 262f
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102