PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Starting September 30, 1999, the Treasury Secretary must tell each U.S. Executive Director at international financial institutions to use the United States’ vote and voice to block loans or other uses of those institutions’ funds for any government that has one of two problems. The rule does not apply when the money is for basic human needs. The two problems are: the government does not have a working system to report audits of military and security spending to civilian authorities, or the government has not given the institution the information it asked for about that audit process. The phrase "international financial institution" means the institutions listed in section 532(b) of the Act.

Title 22, §262k–1

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(a)Beginning three years after September 30, 1996, the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan or other utilization of the funds of their respective institution, other than to address basic human needs, for the government of any country which the Secretary of the Treasury determines—

(1)does not have in place a functioning system for reporting to civilian authorities audits of receipts and expenditures that fund activities of the armed forces and security forces;

(2)has not provided to the institution information about the audit process requested by the institution.

(b)For purposes of this section, the term “international financial institution” shall include the institutions identified in section 532(b) of this Act.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 532(b) of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 532(b) of Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(c) [title V], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–121, 3009–152, which is not classified to the Code.

Amendments

1997—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–118, § 572(a), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “does not have in place a functioning system for a civilian audit of all receipts and expenditures that fund activities of the armed forces and security forces;”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105–118, § 572(b), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “has not provided a summary of a current audit to the institution.”

§262k–1 Transparency of Budgets