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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§286e–1f 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–1f

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The U.S. Governor of the Bank can vote to raise the Bank’s authorized capital by 70,000 shares. If that increase happens, the United States may buy 13,005 of the new shares, but only if Congress approves the money first in appropriation laws. Congress may provide $1,568,856,318, with no fiscal-year time limit, for the Treasury Secretary to pay for the U.S. purchase.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §286e–1f

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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)if such increase becomes effective, to subscribe on behalf of the United States to thirteen thousand and five additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank: Provided, however, That any subscription to 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, $1,568,856,318 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1981—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 97–35 substituted “effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts” for “made only after the amount required for such subscription has been appropriated”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 13, 1981, except that any funds authorized to be appropriated shall not be available for use or obligation prior to Oct. 1, 1981, see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 290i of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 3, 1977, except that no funds authorized to be appropriated by this section may be available for use or obligation prior to Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 95–118, set out as a note under section 282i of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 286e–1f

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102