Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§290i Acceptance of Membership

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter XXIV— AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK › § 290i

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The law lets the President agree for the United States to join the African Development Bank. That membership is based on the Bank’s founding agreement filed with the United Nations.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §290i

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The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the African Development Bank (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Bank”) provided for by the agreement establishing the Bank (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “agreement”) deposited in the archives of the United Nations.

Legislative History

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References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this part”, meaning part 3 of subtitle B of title XIII of Pub. L. 97–35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 741, known as the African Development Bank Act, which enacted this subchapter and amended section 262d, 262f, and 276c–2 of this title and section 24 of Title 12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of part 3 to the Code, see

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note set out below and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, § 1372, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 746, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle B (§§ 1311–1372) of title XIII of Pub. L. 97–35, enacting this subchapter and sections 262g–1 to 262g–3, 283z–2, 284o, 285w, and 286e–1h of this title, amending section 262d, 262f, 262g, 276c–2, 283w, 283z–1, 285s, 285t, 285u, 286e–1f, and 286u of this title and section 24 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, repealing section 286e–10 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 262c, 262g–2, and 290i of this title] shall take effect upon its enactment [Aug. 13, 1981], except that funds authorized to be appropriated by any provision contained in part 1 [enacting section 286e–1h of this title and amending section 286e–1f of this title] or part 4 [enacting section 283z–2 and 285w of this title and amending section 283w, 283z–1, 285s, 285t, and 285u of this title] shall not be available for use or obligation prior to October 1, 1981.”

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Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, § 1331, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 741, provided that: “This part [part 3 (§§ 1331–1342) of subtitle B of title XIII of Pub. L. 97–35, enacting this subchapter and amending section 262d, 262f, and 276c–2 of this title and section 24 of Title 12, Banks and Banking] may be cited as the ‘African Development Bank Act’.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 290i

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60