22 USC § 284 - Acceptance of membership by United States in International Development Association

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title: "22 USC § 284 - Acceptance of membership by United States in International Development Association"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "284"
section_name: "Acceptance of membership by United States in International Development Association"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "XIII"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 86–565, § 2, June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 293.)"
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# § 284. Acceptance of membership by United States in International Development Association

The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the International Development Association (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”), provided for by the Articles of Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Articles”) of the Association deposited in the archives of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–565, § 2, June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 293.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘International Development Association Act’.”

, , , provided that:

### Par Value Modification

For Congressional direction that the Secretary of the Treasury maintain the value in terms of gold of the International Development Association’s holdings of United States dollars following the establishment of a par value of the dollar at $38 for a fine troy ounce of gold pursuant to the Par Value Modification Act and for the authorization of the appropriations necessary to provide such maintenance of value, see , Money and Finance.