2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 32 - Foreign Assistance
Subchapter I - International Development
Part VII - Debt-for-Nature Exchanges
Sec. 2282 - Assistance for commercial debt exchanges

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 2282 (2020)
Section Name §2282. Assistance for commercial debt exchanges
Section Text

(a) The Administrator of the Agency for International Development is authorized to furnish assistance, in the form of grants on such terms and conditions as may be necessary, to nongovernmental organizations for the purchase on the open market of discounted commercial debt of a foreign government of an eligible country which will be canceled or redeemed under the terms of an agreement with that government as part of a debt-for-nature exchange.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a grantee (or any subgrantee) of the grants referred to in subsection (a) may retain, without deposit in the Treasury of the United States and without further appropriation by Congress, interest earned on the proceeds of any resulting debt-for-nature exchange pending the disbursements of such proceeds and interest for approved program purposes, which may include the establishment of an endowment, the income of which is used for such purposes.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, §462 [472], as added Pub. L. 101–240, title VII, §711, Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2521.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

Another section 462 of Pub. L. 87–195 is classified to section 2272 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 32 - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER I - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Part VII - Debt-for-Nature Exchanges
Sec. 2282 - Assistance for commercial debt exchanges
Contains section 2282
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 103 Stat. 2521
Public Law References Public Law 87-195, Public Law 101-240
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