PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

If the President decides a foreign country has acted or promised to act in ways that help U.S. efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent international terrorism, the Secretary may tell the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to use their voice and vote to support loans or other uses of that institution’s money for that country or for any public or private group there. The Secretary may also tell those U.S. Executive Directors to push for strong audits of payments so the institutions do not send money to people who commit, threaten, or support terrorism. "International financial institution" means the institutions listed in section 262r(c)(2) of this title.

Title 22, §262p–4r

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)If the President determines that a particular foreign country has taken or has committed to take actions that contribute to efforts of the United States to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism, the Secretary may, consistent with other applicable provisions of law, instruct the United States Executive Director of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the Executive Director to support any loan or other utilization of the funds of the respective institutions for such country, or any public or private entity within such country.

(b)The Secretary may instruct the United States Executive Director of each international financial institution to aggressively use the voice and vote of the Executive Director to require an auditing of disbursements at such institution to ensure that no funds are paid to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism.

(c)For purposes of this section, the term “international financial institution” means an institution described in section 262r(c)(2) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–458, § 6202(l)(1), inserted “the” after “utilization of the funds of”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–458, § 6202(l)(2), substituted “at such institution” for “at such institutions”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2004 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 108–458 effective as if included in Pub. L. 107–56, as of the date of enactment of such Act, and no amendment made by Pub. L. 107–56 that is inconsistent with such amendment to be deemed to have taken effect, see section 6205 of Pub. L. 108–458, set out as a note under section 1828 of Title 12, Banks and Banking. “Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Treasury, see section 302(b)(5) of Pub. L. 107–56, set out in a note under section 5311 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§262p–4r Use of Authority of United States Executive Directors