22 USC § 2431b - Establishment of Facility

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2431b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 2431b - Establishment of Facility"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2431b"
section_name: "Establishment of Facility"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "FOREIGN ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "DEBT REDUCTION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH TROPICAL FORESTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. V, § 804, as added Pub. L. 105–214, § 1, July 29, 1998, 112 Stat. 887; amended Pub. L. 115–440, § 4(a), Jan. 14, 2019, 132 Stat. 5581.)"
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# § 2431b. Establishment of Facility

There is established in the Department of the Treasury an entity to be known as the “Conservation Facility” for the purpose of providing for the administration of debt reduction in accordance with this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. V, § 804, as added Pub. L. 105–214, § 1, July 29, 1998, 112 Stat. 887; amended Pub. L. 115–440, § 4(a), Jan. 14, 2019, 132 Stat. 5581.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior , pt. V, was classified to  prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2019— substituted “Conservation Facility” for “Tropical Forest Facility”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

> “Any reference in any other provision of law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the ‘Tropical Forest Facility’ shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘Conservation Facility’.”

, , , provided that: