Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§262k–2 Female Genital Mutilation
Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 262k–2
Summary
Beginning September 30, 1997, Treasury must instruct U.S. reps at international financial institutions to oppose loans or fund uses for governments having cultural history of female genital mutilation and lacking education programs to prevent it, except for basic human needs. International financial institution: institutions listed in section 532(b).
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Title 22, §262k–2
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Beginning 1 year 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)has, as a cultural custom, a known history of the practice of female genital mutilation; and
(2)has not taken steps to implement educational programs designed to prevent the practice of female genital mutilation.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “international financial institution” shall include the institutions identified in section 532(b) of this Act.
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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.
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22 U.S.C. § 262k–2
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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