22 U.S.C. § 285u — Additional contribution to special funds

(a) United States share: The U.S. Governor of the Bank may agree, on behalf of the United States, to contribute $378,250,000 to the Asian Development Fund, one of the Bank's special funds. This commitment only counts once Congress appropriates the necessary money. (b) Authorization of appropriations; maximum available for certain years: The law authorizes $378,250,000 to be appropriated, with no time limit on spending it, to pay for this contribution. But no more than $111,250,000 could be made available for fiscal year 1982, and no more than $44,500,000 for fiscal year 1983. (c) Funding requirements: To keep costs down for the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury must (1) pay the U.S. contribution to the Asian Development Fund using a letter of credit, spread across four yearly installments, and (2) get the Bank to certify that any money drawn down on that letter of credit but not yet paid out will never be more than the U.S. share of what the Bank expects to need to pay out over the following three months.