Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§286e–1j Additional Increase in Capital Stock of Bank; Subscription to Additional Shares; Authorization of Appropriations

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XV — INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT › § 286e–1j

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States Governor at the Bank may vote to raise the Bank’s authorized capital by 70,000 shares. The Governor may also subscribe the United States to 12,453 extra shares, but that subscription only takes effect if Congress first provides the money in advance through appropriations laws. Up to $1,502,267,655 is authorized to be appropriated, with no fiscal year limit, for the Secretary of the Treasury to pay for the United States’ subscription.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §286e–1j

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(a)The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized—

(1)to vote for an increase of seventy thousand shares in the authorized capital stock of the Bank; and

(2)to subscribe on behalf of the United States to twelve thousand four hundred and fifty-three additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank, except that any subscription to such additional shares shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

(b)In order to pay for the increase in the United States subscription to the Bank provided for in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $1,502,267,655 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification section 51 of act

July 31, 1945, is based on section 301 of title III of H.R. 2253, Ninety-ninth Congress, as reported

May 15, 1985, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 99–190.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 286e–1j

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102