Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§1738g Enterprise for the Americas Environmental Funds
Title 7 › CHAPTER 41 — FOOD FOR PEACE › SUBCHAPTER VI — ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE › § 1738g
Summary
An eligible country must set up an Environmental Fund under an environmental framework agreement to receive payments in local currency. Money put into the Fund must be invested until it is spent, and any investment returns can stay in the Fund instead of going to the Commodity Credit Corporation or needing more congressional appropriation.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1738g
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(a)Establishment
An eligible country shall, under the terms of an environmental framework agreement entered into under section 1738f of this title, establish an Environmental Fund to receive payments in local currency pursuant to section 1738f(b)(1) of this title.
(b)Investment
Amounts deposited into an Environmental Fund shall be invested until disbursed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any return on such investment may be retained by the Environmental Fund and need not be deposited to the account of the Commodity Credit Corporation and may be retained without further appropriation by Congress.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 1738g
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110