---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 283c"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "283c"
heading: "Congressional authorization needed for certain actions"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/283c"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc."
  - "Subchapter XII — Inter-American Development Bank"
---

# §283c. Congressional authorization needed for certain actions


Unless Congress by law authorizes such action, neither the President nor any person or agency shall, on behalf of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1), (a) subscribe to additional shares of stock under article II, section 3, or article IIA, section 2, of the [agreement](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=7); (b) request or consent to any change in the quota of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) under article IV, section 3, of the [agreement](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=7); (c) accept any amendment under article XII of the [agreement](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=7); or (d) make a loan or provide other financing to the Bank, except that loans or other financing may be provided to the Bank by a [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) agency created pursuant to an Act of Congress which is authorized by law to make loans or provide other financing to [international organizations](/usc/22/4316.md?p=e-2). Unless Congress by law authorizes such actions, no governor or alternate appointed to represent the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) shall vote for any increase of capital stock of the Bank under article II, section 2, or article IIA, section 1, of the [agreement](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=7) or any increase in the resources of the [Fund](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=9) for Special Operations under article IV, section 3(g) thereof.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 86–147, § 5, Aug. 7, 1959, 73 Stat. 299; Pub. L. 94–302, title I, § 103(a)(2), May 31, 1976, 90 Stat. 593.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—Pub. L. 94–302 inserted “, or article IIA, section 2,” after “article II, section 3” and “or article IIA, section 1,” after “article II, section 2,”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Pub. L. 94–302, title I, § 103(b), May 31, 1976, 90 Stat. 593, provided that: “The amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3) of this section [amending this section and section 283h of this title] shall become effective upon approval by the Board of Governors of the Bank of the resolutions referred to in section 23 of the Inter-American Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283 et seq.).”