22 USC § 285v - Sense of Congress respecting membership of Taiwan in Bank
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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s285v"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 285v - Sense of Congress respecting membership of Taiwan in Bank"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "285v"
section_name: "Sense of Congress respecting membership of Taiwan in Bank"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–369, § 25, as added Pub. L. 96–259, title II, § 201, June 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 430.)"
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# § 285v. Sense of Congress respecting membership of Taiwan in Bank
January 1, 1979
It is the sense of the Congress that it is the policy of the United States that Taiwan (before , known as the Republic of China) shall be permitted to retain membership in the Asian Development Bank and that the United States Executive Director of the Bank shall notify the Bank that a serious review of future United States participation, including any future payments to the Asian Development Fund, would ensue if Taiwan were expelled from the Bank.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–369, § 25, as added Pub. L. 96–259, title II, § 201, June 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 430.)