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22 U.S.C. § 262p–4j

Promotion of lending for environment

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

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22 U.S.C. § 262p–4j, Promotion of lending for environment, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/455072
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The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to initiate discussions with the other executive directors of such bank and the management of such bank and propose that, in order to reduce the future need for bank lending for reforestation and restoration of environmentally degraded areas, the bank establish a project and policy based environmental lending program (including a loan a portion of which could be used to reduce and restructure private debt), to be made available to interested countries with a demonstrated commitment to natural resource conservation, which would be based on— the value derived from such services as— the maintenance and improvement of—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 95-118(H.R. 5262)1977-10-03
    An Act to provide for increased participation by the United States in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Asian Development Bank, and the Asian Development Fund, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-240(H.R. 2494)1989-12-19
    International Development and Finance Act of 1989
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally