22 USC § 290k - Acceptance of membership

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title: "22 USC § 290k - Acceptance of membership"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "290k"
section_name: "Acceptance of membership"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "XXVI"
subchapter_name: "MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–131, 1329–134.)"
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# § 290k. Acceptance of membership

The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Agency”) provided for by the Convention Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Convention”) deposited in the archives of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Bank”).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–131, 1329–134.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on section 403 of title IV of H.R. 3750, One Hundredth Congress, as introduced , and enacted into law by .

> “This title [enacting this subchapter] shall be codified as subchapter XXVI of chapter 7 of title 22 of the United States Code.”

Section 402 of title IV of H.R. 3750, as introduced , and as enacted into law by section 101(e) [title I] of , provided that:

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Act’.”

Section 401 of title IV of H.R. 3750, as introduced , and as enacted into law by , , , 1329–134, provided that: