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22 U.S.C. § 286aaaCongressional notification with respect to exceptional access lending

submitted 81 years ago by Pub. L. 118-47 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 183 words · no verdicts yet

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This law limits how the U.S. can support changes to IMF "exceptional access" lending rules. The U.S. director can't back a change that lets newly eligible countries borrow more unless Congress gets 15 days' notice. The Treasury Secretary can shorten that notice to 7 days in special cases.

(a) In general. The United States Executive Director at the IMF cannot support a proposal to change the rules for "exceptional access lending" — extra-large loans — if that change would let a country borrow this way that couldn't before. There's an exception: the Secretary of the Treasury can allow support for the change if, at least 15 days before the Fund's Board of Executive Directors considers it, the Secretary sends a report to the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. That report must explain why the change is justified and how it would affect moral hazard — the risk that easier lending encourages risky borrowing — and the Fund's chance of getting repaid. (b) Waiver. The Secretary of the Treasury may shorten that 15-day notice period, but never to less than 7 days. To do this, the Secretary must report to the same two committees that the shorter notice serves the national interest, and explain why.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) In general

The United States Executive Director at the Fund may not support any proposal that would alter the criteria used by the Fund for exceptional access lending if the proposal would permit a country that is ineligible, before the proposed alteration, to receive exceptional access lending, unless, not later than 15 days before consideration of the proposal by the Board of Executive Directors of the Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury has submitted to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the justification for the proposal and the effects of the proposed alteration on moral hazard and repayment risk at the Fund.

(b) Waiver

The Secretary of the Treasury may reduce the applicable notice period required under subsection (a) to not less than 7 days on reporting to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the reduction is important to the national interest of the United States, with an explanation of the reasons therefor.

Source credit: (July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 74, as added Pub. L. 118–47, div. F, title VII, § 7071(d), Mar. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 852.)

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  • 1945Enacted · Pub. L. 118-47 · 138 Stat. 852

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 118-47 on 1945-07-31.

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