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mittee on Banking and Financial Services of House of

Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set

out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1372 of Pub.

L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 290i of this

title.

§ 262h. Opposition by United States Executive Directors of international financial institutions

to assistance for production or extraction of

export commodities or minerals in surplus

on world markets

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct

the United States Executive Directors of the

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation,

the Inter-American Development Bank, the

International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment

Corporation, the African Development Bank,

and the African Development Fund to use the

voice and vote of the United States to oppose

any assistance by such institutions, using funds

appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to any provision of law, for the production

or extraction of any commodity or mineral for

export, if—

(1) such commodity or mineral, as the case

may be, is in surplus on world markets; and

(2) the export of such commodity or mineral,

as the case may be, would cause substantial

injury to the United States producers of the

same, similar, or competing commodity or

mineral.

(Pub. L. 99–472, §22, Oct. 15, 1986, 100 Stat. 1210.)

SIMILAR PROVISIONS

Pub. L. 105–118, title V, §514, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat.

2409, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury

shall instruct the United States Executive Directors of

the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association,

the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary

Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African Development Bank,

and the African Development Fund to use the voice and

vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by

these institutions, using funds appropriated or made

available pursuant to this Act [see Tables for classification], for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on

world markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the same,

similar, or competing commodity.’’

Similar provisions were contained in the following

appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(c) [title V, §514],

Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–121, 3009–143.

Pub. L. 104–107, title V, §514, Feb. 12, 1996, 110 Stat.

725.

Pub. L. 103–306, title V, §514, Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat.

1628.

Pub. L. 103–87, title V, §514, Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat.

948.

Pub. L. 102–391, title V, §521, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat.

1661.

Pub. L. 101–513, title V, §522, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.

2007.

Pub. L. 101–167, title V, §522, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat.

1221.

Pub. L. 100–461, title V, §522, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat.

2268–25.

Pub. L. 100–202, §101(e) [title V, §522], Dec. 22, 1987, 101

Stat. 1329–131, 1329–157.

Pub. L. 99–500, §101(f) [title V, §522], Oct. 18, 1986, 100

Stat. 1783–213, 1783–229, and Pub. L. 99–591, §101(f) [title

V, §522], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–214, 3341–229.

Pub. L. 99–190, §101(i) [title V, §523], Dec. 19, 1985, 99

Stat. 1291, 1306.

Pub. L. 98–473, title I, §101(1)[title V, §524], Oct. 12,

1984, 98 Stat. 1884, 1899.

Pub. L. 98–151, §101(b)(1) [incorporating Pub. L. 97–121,

title V, §522], Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 964.

Pub. L. 97–377, title I, §101(b)(1) [incorporating Pub.

L. 97–121, title V, §522], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1831.

Pub. L. 97–121, title V, §522, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1656.

Pub. L. 96–536, §101(b) [H.J. Res. 637, §101(b); H.R. 4473,

title V, §522A], Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3167.

Pub. L. 96–123, §101(a) [incorporating Pub. L. 95–481,

title VI, §609], Nov. 20, 1979, 93 Stat. 923.

Pub. L. 95–481, title VI, §609, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat.

1601.

§ 262i. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–240, title V,

§ 541(d)(6), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2518

Section, Pub. L. 96–259, title IV, §401, June 3, 1980, 94

Stat. 431, related to communication and dissemination

of information respecting export opportunity enhancement.

§ 262j. Use of renewable resources for energy

production

(a) Promotion, etc., by United States in connection with international financial institutions

The United States Government, in connection

with its voice and vote in the Inter-American

Development Bank, the African Development

Fund, and the Asian Development Bank, shall

encourage such institutions—

(1) to promote the decentralized production

of renewable energy;

(2) to identify renewable resources to

produce energy in rural development projects

and determine the feasibility of substituting

them for systems using fossil fuel;

(3) to train personnel in developing technologies for getting energy from renewable resources;

(4) to support research into the use of renewable resources, including hydropower, biomass, solar photovoltaic, and solar thermal;

(5) to support an information network to

make available to policymakers the full range

of energy choices;

(6) to broaden their energy planning, analyses, and assessments to include consideration

of the supply of, demand for, and possible uses

of renewable resources; and

(7) to coordinate with the Agency for International Development and other aid organizations in supporting effective rural energy programs.

(b) ‘‘Renewable resource’’ defined

For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘renewable resource’’ means any energy resource

which—

(1) meets the needs of rural communities;

(2) saves capital without wasting labor;

(3) is modest in scale and simple to install

and maintain and which can be managed by

local individuals;