Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§283z–7 Limitations on Policy Based Lending

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must push the Bank to limit policy loans. For the 4-year period beginning January 1, 1990, those loans must be no more than 25% of the Bank’s total lending and no more than 50% of loans to any one government. Loans used to buy or reduce sovereign debt of countries the Bank finds economically less developed or with limited market economies are excluded. The Secretary must have the U.S. Executive Director at the Bank explore using funds from section 283z–5(a)(2) for debt reduction and must report to Congress before the end of the 12-month period beginning on December 19, 1989.

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Title 22, §283z–7

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The Secretary of the Treasury shall—

(1)take all necessary steps to encourage the Bank to limit the aggregate value of the policy based loans made by the Bank (other than policy based loans made to any country which the Bank has determined is economically less developed or has a limited market economy, which are used to purchase sovereign debt of such country or to reduce the debt or debt service burden of such country) during the 4-year period beginning on January 1, 1990, to 25 percent of the aggregate value of all loans made by the Bank during such 4-year period;

(2)take all necessary steps to encourage the Bank to limit the aggregate value of the policy based loans made by the Bank to the government of a particular country during such 4-year period, to 50 percent of the aggregate value of all loans made by the Bank to such government during such 4-year period;

(3)instruct the United States Executive Director of the Bank to explore with the other Executive Directors of the Bank ways to use a portion of the resources made available to the Bank by reason of the subscription and contribution described in section 283z–5(a)(2) of this title for debt reduction and debt service reduction for countries described in paragraph (1); and

(4)before the end of the 12-month period beginning on December 19, 1989, report to the Congress on the matters described in paragraph (3).

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22 U.S.C. § 283z–7

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102