--- kind: "section" citation: "22 U.S.C. § 286w" title: "22" title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse" number: "286w" heading: "Denial of membership or other status in Fund for Palestine Liberation Organization; United States participation in Fund if membership or other status granted; report by President to Congress" release: "119-102" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/286w" units: - "Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc." - "Subchapter XV — International Monetary Fund and Bank for Reconstruction and Development" --- # §286w. Denial of membership or other status in Fund for Palestine Liberation Organization; United States participation in Fund if membership or other status granted; report by President to Congress It is the policy of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) that the Palestine Liberation Organization should not be given membership in the [Fund](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=9) or be given observer status or any other official status at any meeting sponsored by or associated with the [Fund](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=9). The [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) [Executive Director](/usc/22/10601.md?p=5) of the [Fund](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=9) shall promptly notify the [Fund](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=9) of such policy. In the event that the [Fund](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=9) provides either membership, observer status, or any other official status to the Palestine Liberation Organization, such action would result in a serious diminution of [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) support. Upon review of such action, the President would be required to report his recommendations to the Congress with regard to any further [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) participation in the [Fund](/usc/22/2431a.md?p=9). ## Source credit (July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 37, as added Pub. L. 96–389, § 7, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1554.) ## Notes ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date Section effective Oct. 7, 1980, see section 12 of Pub. L. 96–389, set out as a note under section 286s of this title.