Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§283l Increase in Resources of the Fund for Special Operations

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XII — INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK › § 283l

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The U.S. Governor at the Bank may vote for a resolution to increase the Fund for Special Operations. If the Bank adopts that resolution, the U.S. can agree to pay $750,000,000 to the Fund under the resolution’s terms. Congress can provide that $750,000,000 in funds, and the money has no fiscal year limit. If the President has suspended U.S. aid to a country because of certain actions taken on or after January 1, 1962 (as described in a related law), and that country does not fix the problem in a reasonable time, the United States must use its vote to block any loan from the Fund for Special Operations for projects in that country.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §283l

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(a)Authorization of vote; payment to Fund

The United States Governor of the Bank is hereby authorized to vote in favor of the resolution entitled “Increase of Resources of the Fund for Special Operations” proposed by the Governors at their annual meeting in April 1964, and now pending before the Board of Governors of the Bank. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the United States Governor is authorized to agree, on behalf of the United States to pay to the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank, the sum of $750,000,000, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of such resolution.

(b)Authorization of appropriations

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation, for the United States share in the increase in the resources of the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank, the sum of $750,000,000.

(c)Loan disapproval by the United States

With respect to any dollars herein provided, the voting power of the United States shall be exercised for the purpose of disapproving any loan from the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank for any project, enterprise, or activity in any country, during any period for which the President has suspended assistance to the government of such country because of any action taken on or after January 1, 1962, by the government of such country or any government agency or subdivision within such country as specified in paragraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (e)(1) of section 2370 of this title, and the failure of such country within a reasonable time to take appropriate steps to discharge its obligations or provide relief in accordance with provisions of such subsection.

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22 U.S.C. § 283l

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110