# § 290o. Acceptance of membership
May 31, 1996
The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa (in this subchapter referred to as the “Bank”) provided for by the agreement establishing the Bank (in this subchapter referred to as the “Agreement”), signed on .
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(c) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–121, 3009–179.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I, § 101(c) [title VII], of div. A of , , , 3009–179, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title I, § 101(c) [title VII], to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Short Title
> “This title [enacting this subchapter and amending sections 262r and 276c–2 of this title and
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> , Banks and Banking] may be cited as the ‘Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa Act’.”
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