An Act to provide for increased participation by the United States in the International Development Association
PL 92-247 (S.2010), enacted 03/10/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-247-MAR. 10, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
17 UST 1270. 
Illegal drug 
traffic, loan 
restriction. 
84 Stat. 1236. 
21 u s e 801 
note. 
unless the President determines that (A) an arrangement for prompt, 
adequate, and effective compensation has been made, (B) the parties 
have submitted the dispute to arbitration under the rules of the Con-
vention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, or (C) good faith 
negotiations are in progress aimed at providing prompt, adequate, and 
effective compensation under the applicable principles of interna-
tional law." 
SEC. 2. The Inter-American Development Bank Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 22. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States Executive Director of the Bank to vote against any loan or 
other utilization of the funds of the Bank for the benefit of any coun-
try with respect to which the President has made a determination, and 
so notified the Secretary of the Treasury, that the government of such 
country has failed to take adequate steps to prevent narcotic drugs 
and other controlled substances (as defined by the Comprehensive 
Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970) produced or proc-
essed, in whole or in part, in such country, or transported through such 
country, from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such coun-
try to United States Government personnel or their dependents, or 
from entering the United States unlawfully. Such instruction shall 
continue in effect until the President determines, and so notifies the 
Secretary of the Treasury, that the government of such country has 
taken adequate steps to prevent such sale or entry of narcotic drugs 
and other controlled substances." 
Approved March 10, 1972. 
March 10, 1972 
[S.2010] 
Public Law 92-247 
AN ACT 
To provide for increased participation by the United States in the International 
Development Association. 
International 
Development 
Association. 
U.S. participa-
tion. 
74 Stat. 293; 
83 Stat. 10. 
22 u s e 284 
note. 
Appropriation. 
Expropriation of 
U.S. property, 
loan restriction. 
Be it enacted iy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Interna-
tional Development Association Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new sections: 
"SEC. 11. The United States Governor is hereby authorized to agree 
on behalf of the United States to contribute to the Association three 
annual ii>stallments of $320,000,000 each as recommended in the 'Keport 
of the Executive Directors to the Board of Governors on Additions to 
IDA Resources: Third Replenishment,' dated July 21, 1970. There is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 
the amounts necessary for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury 
of three annual installments of $320,000,000 each for the United States 
share of the increase in the resources of the Association. 
"SEC. 12. The President shall instruct the United States Executive 
Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment and the International Development Association to vote against 
any loan or other utilization of the funds of the Bank and the 
Association for the benefit of any country which has— 
"(1) nationalized or expropriated or seized ownership or con-
trol of property owned by any United States citizen or by any 
corporation, partnership, or association not less than 50 per centum 
of which is beneficially owned by United States citizens; 
"(2) taken steps to repudiate or nullify existing contracts or 
agreements with anj^ United States citizen or any corporation, 
partnership, or association not less than 50 per centum of which 
is beneficially owned by United States citizens; or 
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"(3) imposed or enforced discriminatory taxes or other exac-
tions, or restrictive maintenance or operational conditions, or has 
taken other actions, which have the effect of nationalizing, expro-
priating, or otherwise seizing ownership or control of property 
so owned; 
unless the President determines that (A) an arrangement for prompt, 
adequate, and effective compensation has been made, (B) the parties 
have submitted the dispute to arbitration under the rules of the Con-
vention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, or (C) good faith 
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negotiations are in progress aimed at providing prompt, adequate, 
and effective compensation under the applicable principles of inter-
national Jaw." 
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SEC. 2. The International Development Association Act is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 13. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United ^^l\\l^^\f^^^ 
States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Keconstruc- re^stric'tion." 
tion and Development and the International Development Association 
to vote against any loan or other utilization of the funds of the Bank 
and the Association for the benefit of any country with respect to which 
the President has made a determination, and so notified the Secretary 
of the Treasury, that the government of such country has failed to take 
adequate steps to prevent narcotic drugs and other controlled sub-
stances (as defined by the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and 
Control Act of 1970) produced or processed, in whole or in part, in 
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such country, or transported through such country, from being sold note.^ ^ ^ 
illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to United States Gov-
ernment personnel or their dependents, or from entering the United 
States unlawfully. Such instruction shall continue in effect until the 
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President determines, and so notifies the Secretary of the Treasury, 
that the government of such country has taken adequate steps to 
prevent such sale or entry of narcotic drugs and other controlled 
substances."' 
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Approved March 10, 1972. 
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Public Law 92-248 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
March 10,1972 
To authorize the President to designate the period beginning March 26, 1972, as [S- J- Res. 189] 
"National Week of Concern for Prisoners of War/Missing in Action" and to 
designate Sunday, March 26, 1972, as a national day of prayer for these 
Americans. 
Rexoh'td by the Senate ami llouxe of Rei>)'eHeHt(itirea of the 
raited 
t^t<fte:^ of America in Coii,gre.s.s aanembled^ That to demonstrate the 
National week 
support and concern of the people of the Ignited States, for the more Prisonerr^of°War/ 
than one thousand five hundred Americans listed as prisoners of war Missing in Action. 
or missing in action in Southeast Asia, and to forcefully protest the authoH^z'Luon" 
inhumane treatment these men are receiving at the hands of the 
North Vietnamese, in violation of the Geneva Convention, the Presi- 
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(lent is hereby authorized and requested to issue a proclamation (1) 
designating the period beginning Mareli 26. 1972, and ending April 1, 
1972, as "National Week of Concern for Prisoners of War/Missing in 
Action". (2) designating Sunday. March 26,1972, as a national day of 
l^rayer for the lives and safety of these men, and (8) calling upon'the 
people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate 
ceremonies and activities. 
Approved March 10, 1972.