1995 US Code
Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 6 - FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS
Sec. 286 - Acceptance of membership by United States in International Monetary Fund
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 6 - FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS Sec. 286 - Acceptance of membership by United States in International Monetary Fund |
Contains | section 286 |
Date | 1995 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Special Drawing Rights Act Bretton Woods Agreements Act |
Source Credit | July 31, 1945, ch. 339, §2, 59 Stat. 512. |
Statutes at Large References | 59 Stat. 512 82 Stat. 188 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 90-349 |
§286. Acceptance of membership by United States in International Monetary Fund
The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the International Monetary Fund (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”), and in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter referred to as the “Bank”), provided for by the Articles of Agreement of the Fund and the Articles of Agreement of the Bank as set forth in the Final Act of the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference dated July 22, 1944, and deposited in the archives of the Department of State.
(July 31, 1945, ch. 339, §2, 59 Stat. 512.)
Short Title of 1968 AmendmentPub. L. 90–349, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 188 [enacting sections 286n to 286r of this title and amending sections 412, 415, 417, and 467 of Title 12, Banks and Banking], is known as the “Special Drawing Rights Act”. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 286n of this title and Tables.
Short TitleSection 1 of act July 31, 1945, provided: “This act [enacting this subchapter and amending section 822a of former Title 31, Money and Finance] may be cited as the ‘Bretton Woods Agreements Act’.”
Par Value ModificationFor Congressional direction that the Secretary of the Treasury maintain the value in terms of gold of the holdings in United States dollars of the International Monetary Fund and of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development following the establishment of a par value of the dollar at for a fine troy ounce of gold pursuant to the Par Value Modification Act and for the authorization of the appropriation necessary to provide such maintenance of value, see section 5152 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Cross ReferencesAdvancement of human rights through United States assistance policies with international financial institutions, see section 262d of this title.
Increase in lending authority of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, see sections 635 to 635h of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
United States membership in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, see sections 279 to 279d of this title.
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