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in carrying out the activities authorized under this heading, 
the Secretary shall waive section (o)(13)(B) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)(B))’’: 
Provided, That such additional funds are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 403 of S. Con. 
Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 1204. Public Law 111–5 is amended by striking 
the second proviso under the heading ‘‘HOME Investment 
Partnerships Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Provided further, 
That the housing credit agencies in each State shall dis-
tribute these funds competitively under this heading and 
pursuant to their qualified allocation plan (as defined in 
section 42(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to own-
ers of projects who have received or receive simultaneously 
an award of low-income housing tax credits under sections 
42(h) and 1400N of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986:’’. 
TITLE XIII 
OTHER MATTERS 
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY PROGRAMS 
UNITED STATES QUOTA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY 
FUND 
For an increase in the United States quota in the 
International Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 
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4,973,100,000 Special Drawing Rights, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the cost of the amounts pro-
vided herein shall be determined as provided under the Fed-
eral Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.): Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of section 502(5) of the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the discount rate in 
section 502(5)(E) shall be adjusted for market risks: Pro-
vided further, That section 504(b) of the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661c(b)) shall not apply. 
LOANS TO INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
For loans to the International Monetary Fund under 
section 17(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) of the Bretton Woods Agree-
ments Act (Public Law 87–490, 22 U.S.C. 286e–2), as 
amended by this Act pursuant to the New Arrangements 
to Borrow, the dollar equivalent of up to 75,000,000,000 
Special Drawing Rights, to remain available until ex-
pended, in addition to any amounts previously appro-
priated under section 17 of such Act: Provided, That if the 
United States agrees to an expansion of its credit arrange-
ment in an amount less than the dollar equivalent of 
75,000,000,000 Special Drawing Rights, any amount over 
the United States’ agreement shall not be available until 
further appropriated: Provided further, That the cost of the 
amounts provided herein shall be determined as provided 
under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 
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et. seq.): Provided further, That for purposes of section 
502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the dis-
count rate in section 502(5)(E) shall be adjusted for market 
risks: Provided further, That section 504(b) of the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661c(b)) shall not 
apply. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INTERNATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
SEC. 1301. Section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agree-
ments Act (22 U.S.C. 286e–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘In order to’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) In order to carry out the purposes of a one- 
time decision of the Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund (the Fund) to expand the re-
sources of the New Arrangements to Borrow, estab-
lished pursuant to the decision of January 27, 1997 
referred to in paragraph (1) above, and to make other 
amendments to the New Arrangements to Borrow to 
achieve an expanded and more flexible New Arrange-
ments to Borrow as contemplated by paragraph 17 of 
the G–20 Leaders’ Statement of April 2, 2009 in Lon-
don, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to in-
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struct the United States Executive Director to consent 
to such amendments notwithstanding subsection (d) of 
this section, and to make loans, in an amount not to 
exceed the dollar equivalent of 75,000,000,000 Special 
Drawing Rights, in addition to any amounts pre-
viously authorized under this section and limited to 
such amounts as are provided in advance in appro-
priations Acts, except that prior to activation, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress on 
whether supplementary resources are needed to fore-
stall or cope with an impairment of the international 
monetary system and whether the Fund has fully ex-
plored other means of funding, to the Fund under ar-
ticle VII, section 1(i), of the Articles of Agreement of 
the Fund: Provided, That prior to instructing the 
United States Executive Director to provide consent 
to such amendments, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Financial Services of the House of Representatives on 
the amendments to be made to the New Arrangements 
to Borrow, including guidelines and criteria gov-
erning the use of its resources; the countries that have 
made commitments to contribute to the New Arrange-
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ments to Borrow and the amount of such commit-
ments; and the steps taken by the United States to ex-
pand the number of countries so the United States 
share of the expanded New Arrangements to Borrow 
is representative of its share as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That any loan 
under the authority granted in this subsection shall be 
made with due regard to the present and prospective 
balance of payments and reserve position of the 
United States.’’. 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘For the pur-
pose of’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1) of’’ after 
‘‘pursuant to’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of making loans to the 
International Monetary Fund pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2) of this section, there is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated not to exceed the dollar equivalent of 
75,000,000,000 Special Drawing Rights, in addition 
to any amounts previously authorized under this sec-
tion, except that prior to activation, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall report to Congress on whether sup-
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