22 USC § 282l - Capital stock increase

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s282l"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 282l - Capital stock increase"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "282l"
section_name: "Capital stock increase"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 788, § 14, as added Pub. L. 102–145, § 125(a), Oct. 28, 1991, as added Pub. L. 102–266, § 102, Apr. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 97.)"
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# § 282l. Capital stock increase

**(a)** **Subscription authorized**

**(1)** **In general** The United States Governor of the Corporation may—

**(A)** vote for an increase of 1,000,000 shares in the authorized capital stock of the Corporation; and

**(B)** subscribe on behalf of the United States to 250,000 additional shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

**(2)** **Prior appropriation required** The subscription authority provided in paragraph (1) shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

**(b)** **Limitations on authorization of appropriations** In order to pay for the subscription authorized in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $50,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 788, § 14, as added Pub. L. 102–145, § 125(a), Oct. 28, 1991, as added Pub. L. 102–266, § 102, Apr. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 97.)