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22 U.S.C. § 283z–9Multilateral Investment Fund

submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 86-147 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 195 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets the Treasury Secretary contribute $500 million to the Multilateral Investment Fund. Fund money can only go to democratic governments that reject terrorism, cooperate on narcotics, and avoid rights abuses. The Treasury must also block votes for environmentally harmful actions without a prior review.

(a) Authorization of contribution The Secretary of the Treasury may contribute, and pay, $500,000,000 to the Multilateral Investment Fund set up under the February 11, 1992 agreements. But the Fund can only pay that money out to countries with democratically elected governments that don't harbor or sponsor international terrorists, that cooperate on narcotics matters, and that don't engage in a consistent pattern of serious violations of internationally recognized human rights. (b) Authorization of appropriations Congress authorizes $500,000,000, with no fiscal-year limit, for this contribution. (c) Environmental assessment of actions If an Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund is set up under this section, the Secretary of the Treasury must instruct the U.S. representative to the Fund not to vote for any Fund action that might significantly harm the environment, unless an assessment of that action's environmental impact has been available for at least 120 days before the vote.
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(a) Authorization of contribution

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contribute, and to make payment of, $500,000,000 to the Multilateral Investment Fund established pursuant to the agreements of February 11, 1992: Provided, That such funds shall only be disbursed from the Fund to countries that have governments that are democratically elected,1 that do not harbor or sponsor international terrorists; that do not fail to cooperate in narcotics matters; and that do not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation $500,000,000 for the contribution authorized in subsection (a).

(c) Environmental assessment of actions

If an Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund is established pursuant to this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States representative to the Fund not to vote in favor of any action proposed to be taken by the Fund which may have a significant adverse effect on the environment unless an assessment of the impact of the action on the environment has been available for at least 120 days before the vote.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 86–147, § 37, as added Pub. L. 102–391, title V, § 594(b), Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1693.)

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  • 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 86-147 · 106 Stat. 1693

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 86-147 on 1992-10-06.

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