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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2243

To provide for the participation of the United States in the thirteenth replenishment of the resources of the International Development Association, 

the seventh replenishment of the resources of the Asian Development 

Fund, and the ninth replenishment of the resources of the African 

Development Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2003

Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Mrs. MALONEY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL

To provide for the participation of the United States in 

the thirteenth replenishment of the resources of the 

International Development Association, the seventh replenishment of the resources of the Asian Development 

Fund, and the ninth replenishment of the resources of 

the African Development Fund, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 TITLE I—INTERNATIONAL 

2 DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 

3 SEC. 101. PARTICIPATION IN THE THIRTEENTH REPLEN4 ISHMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF THE INTER5 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. 

6 The International Development Association Act (22 

7 U.S.C. 284–284s) is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 22. THIRTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 

10 ‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Gov12 ernor of the Association may contribute on behalf of 

13 the United States an amount equal to the amount 

14 appropriated under subsection (b), pursuant to the 

15 resolution of the Association entitled ‘Additions to 

16 IDA Resources: Thirteenth Replenishment’. 

17 ‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—Any com18 mitment to make the contribution authorized by 

19 paragraph (1) shall be effective only to such extent 

20 or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 

21 appropriations Acts. 

22 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO23 PRIATIONS.—For the contribution authorized by sub24 section (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such 
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1 sums as may be necessary for payment by the Secretary 

2 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation.’’. 

3 SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

4 Title XV of the International Financial Institutions 

5 Act (22 U.S.C. 262o—262o–2) is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 1504. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

8 ‘‘(a) ACHIEVEMENT OF CERTAIN POLICY GOALS.—

9 The Secretary of Treasury should instruct the United 

10 States Executive Director at each multilateral develop11 ment institution to inform the institution of the following 

12 United States policy goals, and to work toward achieving 

13 the goals at the institution before June 30, 2005: 

14 ‘‘(1) No later than 60 calendar days after the 

15 Board of Directors of the institution approves the 

16 minutes of a Board meeting, the institution shall 

17 post on its website an electronic version of the min18 utes, with material deemed too sensitive for public 

19 distribution redacted. 

20 ‘‘(2) The institution shall keep a written tran21 script or electronic recording of each meeting of its 

22 Board of Directors and preserve the transcript or re23 cording for at least 10 years after the meeting. 

24 ‘‘(3) All public sector loan documents, country 

25 assistance strategies, sector strategies, and sector
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1 policies prepared by the institution and presented for 

2 endorsement or approval by its Board of Directors, 

3 with materials deemed too sensitive for public dis4 tribution redacted or withheld, shall be made avail5 able to the public 15 calendar days before consider6 ation by the Board or, if not then available, when 

7 the documents are distributed to the Board. 

8 ‘‘(4) The institution shall post on its website an 

9 annual report containing statistical summaries and 

10 case studies of the fraud and corruption cases pur11 sued by its investigations unit. 

12 ‘‘(5) The institution shall require that any 

13 health, education, or poverty-focused loan, credit, 

14 grant, document, policy, or strategy prepared by the 

15 institution includes specific outcome and output indi16 cators to measure results, and that the indicators 

17 and results be published periodically during the exe18 cution, and at the completion, of the project or pro19 gram. 

20 ‘‘(b) PUBLICATION OF WRITTEN STATEMENTS RE21 GARDING INSPECTION MECHANISM CASES.—No later 

22 than 60 calendar days after a meeting of the Board of 

23 Directors of a multilateral development institution, the 

24 Secretary of the Treasury should provide for publication 

25 on the website of the Department of the Treasury of any 
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1 written statement presented at the meeting by the United 

2 States Executive Director at the institution concerning—

3 ‘‘(1) a project on which a claim has been made 

4 to the inspection mechanism of the institution; or 

5 ‘‘(2) a pending inspection mechanism case. 

6 ‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—At the request of 

7 the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep8 resentatives or the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

9 Senate, the Secretary of the Treasury or the designee of 

10 the Secretary should brief the requesting committee on the 

11 steps that have been taken by the United States Executive 

12 Director at any multilateral development institution, and 

13 by any such institution, to implement the measures de14 scribed in this section. 

15 ‘‘(d) PUBLICATION OF ‘NO’ VOTES AND ABSTEN16 TIONS BY THE UNITED STATES.—Each month, the Sec17 retary of the Treasury should provide for posting on the 

18 website of the Department of the Treasury of a record 

19 of all ‘no’ votes and abstentions made by the United States 

20 Executive Director at any multilateral development insti21 tution on any matter before the Board of Directors of the 

22 institution. 

23 ‘‘(e) MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION

24 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘multilateral develop-
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1 ment institution’ shall have the meaning given in section 

2 1701(c)(3).’’. 

3 TITLE II—ASIAN DEVELOPMENT 

4 FUND 

5 SEC. 201. PARTICIPATION IN THE SEVENTH REPLENISH6 MENT OF THE RESOURCES OF THE ASIAN DE7 VELOPMENT FUND. 

8 The Asian Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 285–

9 285aa) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 31. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL FUNDS. 

11 ‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Gov13 ernor of the Bank may contribute on behalf of the 

14 United States an amount equal to the amount ap15 propriated under subsection (b), pursuant to the res16 olution of the Bank entitled ‘Seventh Replenishment 

17 of the Asian Development Fund’. 

18 ‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—Any com19 mitment to make the contribution authorized by 

20 paragraph (1) shall be effective only to such extent 

21 or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 

22 appropriations Acts. 

23 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO24 PRIATIONS.—For the contribution authorized by sub25 section (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such 
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1 sums as may be necessary for payment by the Secretary 

2 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation.’’. 

3 TITLE III—AFRICAN 

4 DEVELOPMENT FUND 

5 SEC. 301. PARTICIPATION IN THE NINTH REPLENISHMENT 

6 OF THE RESOURCES OF THE AFRICAN DEVEL7 OPMENT FUND. 

8 The African Development Fund Act (22 U.S.C. 

9 290g—290g–15) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 217. NINTH REPLENISHMENT. 

12 ‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Gov14 ernor of the Fund may contribute on behalf of the 

15 United States an amount equal to the amount ap16 propriated under subsection (b), pursuant to the res17 olution of the Fund entitled ‘The Ninth General Re18 plenishment of Resources of the African Develop19 ment Fund’. 

20 ‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—Any com21 mitment to make the contribution authorized by 

22 paragraph (1) shall be effective only to such extent 

23 or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 

24 appropriations Acts. 
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1 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO2 PRIATIONS.—For the contribution authorized by sub3 section (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such 

4 sums as may be necessary for payment by the Secretary 

5 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation.’’.

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