Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§286n Special Drawing Rights

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XV— INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT › § 286n

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can accept an IMF amendment from April 1968 to create a Special Drawing Rights program, change some IMF rules, and join its special drawing account.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §286n

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The President is hereby authorized (a) to accept the amendment to the articles of agreement of the International Monetary Fund (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”), attached to the April 1968 report by the Executive Directors to the Board of Governors of the Fund, for the purpose of (i) establishing a facility based on Special Drawing Rights in the Fund and (ii) giving effect to certain modifications in the present rules and practices of the Fund, and (b) to participate in the special drawing account established by the amendment.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 90–349, § 1, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 188, provided: “That this Act [enacting this section and sections 286o to 286r of this title and amending section 412, 415, 417, and 467 of Title 12, Banks and Banking] may be cited as the ‘Special Drawing Rights Act’.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 286n

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60