I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3326 
To increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management 
effectiveness at the World Bank. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2017 
Mr. BARR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To increase accountability, combat corruption, and 
strengthen management effectiveness at the World Bank. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘World Bank Account-
ability Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS UNTIL CERTAIN CONDI-
TIONS ARE MET. 
(a) INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each of fis-
cal years 2018 through 2023, in addition to any 
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(B) is taking, or has completed, steps to 
address the management failures described in 
Inspection Panel Investigation Report 106710– 
UG, and to prevent their recurrence in coun-
tries that are eligible for World Bank support; 
and 
(C) is taking measures to strengthen its 
management of trust funds, with the goal of in-
creasing the accountability of the trust funds 
for poverty reduction and development out-
comes. 
(3) SUBSEQUENT CONDITIONS.—The conditions 
of this paragraph are satisfied if the Secretary of 
the Treasury reports to the appropriate congres-
sional committees, in each of the 3 fiscal years most 
recently preceding the fiscal year in which the report 
is made, that the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development has instituted the meas-
ures described in paragraph (2) of this subsection 
and the measures described in subsection (b)(2). 
(b) 
GOVERNANCE
AND
ANTICORRUPTION
RE-
FORMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each of fis-
cal years 2018 through 2023, in addition to any 
amounts withheld from disbursement under sub-
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section (a), 15 percent of the amounts provided in 
appropriations Acts for the International Develop-
ment Association for the fiscal year— 
(A) shall be withheld from disbursement 
until the conditions of paragraph (2) or (3) are 
satisfied; and 
(B)(i) shall be disbursed after, the condi-
tions of paragraph (2) are satisfied; and 
(ii) may be disbursed after, the conditions 
of paragraph (3) are satisfied. 
(2) INITIAL
CONDITIONS.—The conditions of 
this paragraph are satisfied with respect to the 
amounts provided in appropriations Acts for a fiscal 
year if, in the fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development— 
(A) is emphasizing in appropriate oper-
ational policies, directives, and country strate-
gies its support for secure property rights, due 
process of law, and economic freedom as essen-
tial conditions for sustained poverty reduction 
in World Bank borrowing countries; 
(B)(i) has not approved any loans or 
grants assistance by the Bank to a country des-
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ignated by the United States as a state sponsor 
of terrorism in the preceding fiscal year; and 
(ii) is strengthening the ability of Bank- 
funded projects to undermine violent extre-
mism; 
(C) is taking steps to conduct randomized 
forensic audits of projects receiving assistance 
from the Bank, increase the number of the au-
dits, and strengthen the capacity of the Bank’s 
Integrity Vice Presidency; and 
(D) is taking measures to detect and mini-
mize corruption in all World Bank projects in-
volving development policy lending. 
(3) SUBSEQUENT CONDITIONS.—The conditions 
of this paragraph are satisfied if the Secretary of 
the Treasury reports to the appropriate congres-
sional committees, in each of the 3 fiscal years most 
recently preceding the fiscal year in which the report 
is made that the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development has instituted the measures 
described in paragraph (2) of this subsection and 
the measures described in subsection (a)(2). 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committees on Financial 
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Services and Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committees on Foreign Relations and Ap-
propriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
The Chairman of the National Advisory Council on 
International Monetary and Financial Policies shall in-
clude in the report required by section 1701 of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act for each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2023 a detailed description of the actions 
undertaken by the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development in the fiscal year covered by the report 
to institute the measures described in subsections (a)(2) 
and (b)(2) of section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 4. EIGHTEENTH REPLENISHMENT OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION; RE-
DUCTION FROM IDA–17 AUTHORIZED LEVEL. 
The International Development Association Act (22 
U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 30. EIGHTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 
‘‘(a) 
CONTRIBUTION
AUTHORITY.—The 
United 
States Governor of the International Development Asso-
ciation may contribute on behalf of the United States 
$3,291,030,000 to the eighteenth replenishment of the re-
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sources of the Association, subject to obtaining the nec-
essary appropriations. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—In order to pay for the contribution provided 
for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
priated, without fiscal year limitation, $3,291,030,000 for 
payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’. 
Æ 
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