§ 262h. — Opposition by United States Executive Directors of international financial institutions to assistance for production or extraction of export commodities or minerals in surplus on world markets.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC262h]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
Sec. 262h. Opposition by United States Executive Directors of
international financial institutions to assistance for
production or extraction of export commodities or minerals in
surplus on world markets
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the International Development Association, the
International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-
American Investment Corporation, the African Development Bank, and the
African Development Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States
to oppose any assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated
or otherwise made available pursuant to any provision of law, for the
production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if--
(1) such commodity or mineral, as the case may be, is in surplus
on world markets; and
(2) the export of such commodity or mineral, as the case may be,
would cause substantial injury to the United States producers of the
same, similar, or competing commodity or mineral.
(Pub. L. 99-472, Sec. 22, Oct. 15, 1986, 100 Stat. 1210.)
Similar Provisions
Pub. L. 107-115, title V, Sec. 514, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2142,
provided that: ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United
States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the International Development Association, the
International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-
American Investment Corporation, the North American Development Bank,
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African
Development Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice and
vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by these
institutions, using funds appropriated or made available pursuant to
this Act [see Tables for classification], for the production or
extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus
on world markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to
United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.''
Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriation
acts:
Pub. L. 106-429, Sec. 101(a) [title V, Sec. 514], Nov. 6, 2000, 114
Stat. 1900, 1900A-25.
Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(2) [title V, Sec. 514], Nov.
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-85.
Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(d) [title V, Sec. 514(a)], Oct.
21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-150, 2681-173.
Pub. L. 105-118, title V, Sec. 514, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2409.
Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title V, Sec. 514],
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-121, 3009-143.
Pub. L. 104-107, title V, Sec. 514, Feb. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 725.
Pub. L. 103-306, title V, Sec. 514, Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 1628.
Pub. L. 103-87, title V, Sec. 514, Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 948.
Pub. L. 102-391, title V, Sec. 521, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1661.
Pub. L. 101-513, title V, Sec. 522, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2007.
Pub. L. 101-167, title V, Sec. 522, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1221.
Pub. L. 100-461, title V, Sec. 522, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2268-25.
Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(e) [title V, Sec. 522], Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1329-131, 1329-157.
Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(f) [title V, Sec. 522], Oct. 18, 1986, 100
Stat. 1783-213, 1783-229, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(f) [title V,
Sec. 522], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-214, 3341-229.
Pub. L. 99-190, Sec. 101(i) [title V, Sec. 523], Dec. 19, 1985, 99
Stat. 1291, 1306.
Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(1) [title V, Sec. 524], Oct. 12,
1984, 98 Stat. 1884, 1899.
Pub. L. 98-151, Sec. 101(b)(1) [incorporating Pub. L. 97-121, title
V, Sec. 522], Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 964.
Pub. L. 97-377, title I, Sec. 101(b)(1) [incorporating Pub. L. 97-
121, title V, Sec. 522], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1831.
Pub. L. 97-121, title V, Sec. 522, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1656.
Pub. L. 96-536, Sec. 101(b) [H.J. Res. 637, Sec. 101(b); H.R. 4473,
title V, Sec. 522A], Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3167.
Pub. L. 96-123, Sec. 101(a) [incorporating Pub. L. 95-481, title VI,
Sec. 609], Nov. 20, 1979, 93 Stat. 923.
Pub. L. 95-481, title VI, Sec. 609, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1601.
