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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§285a Appointment of Governor, Alternate Governor and Director; Compensation

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XIV — ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK › § 285a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must choose a Bank Governor, an alternate Governor, and a Director, and the Senate must confirm them. The Governor and alternate can be picked either by direct Senate confirmation or from people who already hold jobs that required Senate approval. Governors and alternates cannot get any U.S. salary for those roles. The Director may get U.S. pay if the President allows it, and any U.S. pay plus the Bank pay must equal what a chief of mission is allowed under the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.).

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §285a

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(a)The President shall appoint—
(1)a Governor of the Bank and an alternate for the Governor—
(A)by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; or
(B)from among individuals serving as officials required by law to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and
(2)a Director of the Bank, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b)No person shall be entitled to receive any salary or other compensation from the United States for services as a Governor or Alternate Governor. The Director may, in the discretion of the President, receive such compensation, allowances, and other benefits as, together with those received by him from the Bank, will equal those authorized for a chief of mission under the Foreign Service Act of 1980 [22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.].

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 96–465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, which is classified principally to chapter 52 (§ 3901 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3901 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–166 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Governor of the Bank, an alternate for the Governor, and a Director of the Bank.” 1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–465 substituted “a chief of mission under the Foreign Service Act of 1980” for “a Chief of Mission, class 2, within the meaning of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2012 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–166 effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 2012, and applicable to appointments made on and after that

Effective Date

, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 112–166, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

Effective Date

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3901 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 285a

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102