Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§286e–11 Assistance by the Fund to Any Country Harboring International Terrorists

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XV — INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT › § 286e–11

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must tell the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to oppose any IMF financial or technical help, including from the Supplemental Financing Facility, to a country whose government allows or supports international terrorists or lets them enter its territory, including airplane hijackers. The Secretary must also oppose that help if a country fails to take proper steps to stop such people from carrying out terrorist acts outside its borders.

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Title 22, §286e–11

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the Executive Director of the United States to the International Monetary Fund to work in opposition to any extension of financial or technical assistance by the Supplemental Financing Facility or by any other agency or facility of such Fund to any country the government of which—

(1)permits entry into the territory of such country to any person who has committed an act of international terrorism, including any act of aircraft hijacking, or otherwise supports, encourages, or harbors such person; or

(2)fails to take appropriate measures to prevent any such person from committing any such act outside the territory of such country.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act July 31, 1945, ch. 339, 59 Stat. 512, known as the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, which comprises this subchapter.

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22 U.S.C. § 286e–11

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102