Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§286jj Partial Guarantees in Connection with Debt Reduction for Borrower Countries
Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XV — INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT › § 286jj
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Treasury must tell the U.S. World Bank director to seek rules for partial guarantees that help finalize financing deals with large debt reductions.
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Title 22, §286jj
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The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to initiate discussions with other directors of such bank and to propose that such bank establish criteria under which such bank would provide partial guarantees on debt service payments by borrower countries to private creditors when such guarantees would serve a catalytic role in facilitating final agreement on financing packages which involve significant debt reduction.
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Codification Section is based on section 5 of H.R. 4645, One Hundredth Congress, as reported Sept. 28, 1988, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 100–461. 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. § 286jj
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102