22 U.S.C. § 282l — Capital stock increase

(a) Subscription authorized: The U.S. Governor of the Corporation can do two things. First, the Governor can vote to increase the Corporation's authorized capital stock by 1,000,000 shares. Second, the Governor can sign the United States up to buy 250,000 more shares of that stock. But this power only works if Congress first approves the money in an appropriations law. Without that approval in advance, the Governor cannot actually buy the shares. (b) Limitations on authorization of appropriations: To pay for these shares, Congress may set aside up to $50,000,000. This money has no time limit — it does not expire at the end of a fiscal year. The Secretary of the Treasury is the one who pays it out.