Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§290m–4 Authority to Agree to Certain Amendments to the Border Environment Cooperation Agreement

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XXVIII — NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND RELATED PROVISIONS › § 290m–4

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can agree to changes to the Cooperation Agreement that let the Bank use its paid-in capital resources to make grants and to give loans at nonmarket rates if the Bank’s Board approves. The President can also agree to change “border region” so it includes U.S. areas within 100 kilometers of the U.S.–Mexico border and Mexican areas within 300 kilometers of that border.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §290m–4

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The President may agree to amendments to the Cooperation Agreement that—

(1)enable the Bank to make grants and nonmarket rate loans out of its paid-in capital resources with the approval of its Board; and

(2)amend the definition of “border region” to include the area in the United States that is within 100 kilometers of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico, and the area in Mexico that is within 300 kilometers of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2020—Pub. L. 116–260, § 601(a)(1), (2), provided that section 601 of Pub. L. 116–113 does not apply to this section and revived the provisions of this section as if such section 601 had not been enacted. See below. Pub. L. 116–113, § 601, which repealed this section effective on the date the USMCA entered into force (July 1, 2020), was made inapplicable to this section by section 601(a)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 116–260.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2020 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 116–260 effective July 1, 2020, see section 601(h) of div. O of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 81c of Title 19, Customs Duties.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 290m–4

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102