INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.

United States Code

U.S. Code most recently checked for updates: May 13, 2025

§ 261. Policy as to settlement of disputes and disarmament

§ 262. President’s participation in international congresses restricted

§ 262-1. Restriction relating to United States accession to any new international criminal tribunal

§ 262a. Contributions to international organizations; consent of State Department; limitations as to certain organizations

§ 262b. Commitments for United States contributions to international organizations; limitations; consultation with Congressional committees

§ 262c. Commitments for United States contributions to international financial institutions fostering economic development in less developed countries; continuation of participation

§ 262d. Human rights and United States assistance policies with international financial institutions

§ 262d-1. Congressional statement of policy of human rights and United States assistance policies with international institutions

§ 262e. Comparability of salaries and benefits of employees of international financial institutions with employees of American private business and governmental service

§ 262f. Promotion of development and utilization of light capital technologies and United States assistance policies with international financial institutions

§ 262g. Human nutrition in developing countries and United States assistance policies with international financial institutions; declaration of policy

§ 262g-1. Targeting assistance to specific populations

§ 262g-2. Establishment of guidelines for international financial institutions

§ 262g-3. International negotiations on future replenishments of international financial institutions; consultation with appropriate Members of Congress

§ 262h. Opposition by United States Executive Directors of international financial institutions to assistance for production or extraction of export commodities or minerals in surplus on world markets

§ 262i. Repealed.

§ 262j. Use of renewable resources for energy production

§ 262k. Financial assistance to international financial institutions; considerations and criteria

§ 262k-1. Transparency of budgets

§ 262k-2. Female genital mutilation

§ 262l. Environmental reform measures and remedial measures; Committee on Health and the Environment

§ 262l-1. Sustainable economic growth and management of natural resources; environmental impact of loans; pest management; addition of trained professionals; “early warning system”

§ 262l-2. Sustainable use of natural resources; use of agricultural and industrial chemicals

§ 262l-3. Environmental and energy initiatives; benchmarks; Global Warming Initiative; appropriations

§ 262m. Congressional findings and policies for multilateral development banks respecting environment, public health, natural resources, and indigenous peoples

§ 262m-1. Environmental performance of banks; mechanisms for improvement

§ 262m-2. Environmental impact of assistance proposals

§ 262m-3. Cooperative information exchange system

§ 262m-4. Environmental educational and training programs for mid-level bank managers and officials of borrowing countries

§ 262m-5. Environmental impact statements; factors considered; promotion of activities by United States Executive Directors

§ 262m-6. Repealed.

§ 262m-7. Assessment of environmental impact of proposed multilateral development bank actions

§ 262m-8. Climate change mitigation and greenhouse gas accounting

§ 262n. Congressional findings and policies respecting agricultural and commodity production

§ 262n-1. Increase in income and employment in developing countries; enhancement of purchasing power; diversification away from single crop or product economies

§ 262n-2. Financing projects for production of export commodities, products, or minerals in surplus in world markets discouraged; instructions by Secretary of the Treasury to United States Executive Directors

§ 262n-3. Reduction of barriers to agricultural trade

§ 262o. Negotiations concerning replenishment or increase in capital; annual reports on implementation of lending policy goals

§ 262o-1. Military spending by recipient countries; military involvement in economies of recipient countries

§ 262o-2. Advocacy of policies to enhance general effectiveness of International Monetary Fund

§ 262o-3. Administrative provisions

§ 262o-4. Promotion of policy goals

§ 262p. Impact adjustment lending programs

§ 262p-1. Grassroots Collaboration Program

§ 262p-2. Instructions to United States Executive Directors for extension of credit

§ 262p-3. Participation of women in economic, social and policy development activities

§ 262p-4. Instructions to United States Executive Directors; indigenous people in borrowing country; determination of impact; protection of rights; consultation

§ 262p-4a. Loan programs to reduce economic dependence on illicit narcotics

§ 262p-4b. Directives regarding government-owned enterprises in countries receiving World Bank loans

§ 262p-4c. Initiation of discussions to facilitate debt-for-development swaps for human welfare and environmental conservation

§ 262p-4d. Initiation of discussions to facilitate financing of human welfare and natural resource programs in sub-Saharan Africa in connection with debt reduction and conversion

§ 262p-4e. Extent to which borrowing country governments have honored debt-for-development swap agreements to be considered as factor in making loans to such borrowers

§ 262p-4f. Assistance to countries to develop statistical assessment of well-being of poor

§ 262p-4g. Directives regarding government-owned enterprises in countries receiving IADB loans

§ 262p-4h. Discussions to increase productive economic participation of poor; reports

§ 262p-4i. Multilateral development banks and debt-for-nature exchanges

§ 262p-4j. Promotion of lending for environment

§ 262p-4k. Promotion of institution-building for nongovernmental organizations concerned with environment

§ 262p-4l. Improvement of interaction between International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and nongovernmental organizations

§ 262p-4m. Population, health, and nutrition programs

§ 262p-4n. Equal employment opportunities

§ 262p-4o. Respect for indigenous peoples

§ 262p-4p. Encouragement of fair labor practices

§ 262p-4q. Opposition to assistance by international financial institutions to terrorist states

§ 262p-4r. Use of authority of United States Executive Directors

§ 262p-5. Definitions

§ 262p-6. Improvement of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative

§ 262p-7. Reform of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility

§ 262p-8. Modification of the Enhanced HIPC Initiative

§ 262p-9. Reform of the “Doing Business” Report of the World Bank

§ 262p-10. Enhancing the transparency and effectiveness of the Inspection Panel process of the World Bank

§ 262p-11. Opposition to loans or funds for countries that support terrorism

§ 262p-12. Cancellation of Haiti’s debts to international financial institutions

§ 262p-12a. Ukraine debt payment relief

§ 262p-13. Support for capacity of the International Monetary Fund to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism

§ 262p-14. Support to enhance the capacity of fund members to evaluate the legal and financial terms of sovereign debt contracts

§ 262p-15. United States policy on Burma at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the Asian Development Bank

§ 262p-16. United States policy on World Bank Group and Asian Development Bank Assistance to the People’s Republic of China

§ 262p-17. Support for international initiatives to provide debt restructuring or relief to developing countries with unsustainable levels of debt

§ 262q. Transferred

§ 262r. Annual report by Chairman of National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies

§ 262r-1. Transmission to the Congress of operating summaries of the multilateral development banks

§ 262r-2. Combined report on effect of pending multilateral development bank loans on environment, natural resources, public health, and indigenous peoples

§ 262r-3. Reports on financial stabilization programs led by International Monetary Fund in connection with financing from Exchange Stabilization Fund

§ 262r-4. Annual report and testimony on state of international financial system, IMF reform, and compliance with IMF agreements

§ 262r-5. Repealed.

§ 262r-6. Reports on policies, operations, and management of international financial institutions

§ 262s. Multilateral development bank procurement

§ 262s-1. Procurement opportunities for United States firms

§ 262s-2. Commercial Service Officers and multilateral development bank procurement

§ 262t. Personnel practices

§ 263. International Prison Commission

§ 263a. International Criminal Police Organization

§ 263b. Transnational repression accountability and prevention

§ 263c. Anti-piracy information sharing

§§ 264, 265. Omitted

§ 266. International commission of congresses of navigation; authorization of appropriation for expenses

§ 266a. Transferred

§ 266b. Repealed.

§ 267. Permanent Commission of International Geodetic Association; representative of United States

§ 267a. Appointment of delegates; compensation

§ 267b. International Joint Commission; invitation to establish; personnel; duties

§ 268. International Joint Commission; salaries; powers

§ 268a. Repealed.

§ 268b. Advances from appropriation “Boundary line, Alaska and Canada, and the United States and Canada”

§ 268c. Limitation on expenditure of funds for compensation of International Boundary Commissioner to actual hours worked

§ 269. Permanent International Association of Road Congresses; authorization of membership

§ 269a. Central Bureau of the International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale; authorization of appropriations

§ 269b. Omitted

§ 269c. International Statistical Bureau at The Hague; authorization of appropriations

§ 269d. Inter American Statistical Institute; authorization of appropriations

§ 269e. Omitted

§ 269f. International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property; authorization of appropriations

§ 269g. Private International Law Conference at The Hague and Private Law International Institute in Rome; membership; appointment of delegates

§ 269g-1. Authorization of appropriations

§ 269h. International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs; authorization of annual appropriations for expenses

§§ 270 to 270g. Repealed.

§ 271. International Labor Organization; membership

§ 272. Omitted

§ 272a. Authorization of appropriations

§ 272b. Loyalty check on United States personnel

§ 273. Pan American Institute of Geography and History; authorization of annual appropriations for membership

§ 274. International Council of Scientific Unions and Associated Unions; authorization of annual appropriations for membership

§ 274a. International biological program

§ 274b. Cooperation of Federal and non-Federal departments, agencies, and organizations; transfers of funds

§ 275. International Hydrographic Bureau

§ 275a. Permanent International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation; authorization of appropriations

§§ 276 to 276a-4. Repealed.

§ 276b. Repealed.

§ 276c. Designation of Senate delegates to Conferences of the Interparliamentary Union

§ 276c-1. Reports of expenditures by members of American groups or delegations and employees; consolidated reports by congressional committees; public inspection

§ 276c-2. Employee benefits for United States citizen-representatives to international financial institutions; Treasury Department as collecting, accounting, and depositing agency for employee payments; contributions from appropriated funds

§ 276c-3. Repealed.

§ 276c-4. Employment of United States citizens by certain international organizations

§ 276c-5. Authorization for United States participation in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

§ 276c-6. Supporting the employment of United States citizens by international organizations

§ 276c-7. Internships of United States nationals at international organizations

Subchapter I [§ 276d - § 276g] - CANADA-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

Subchapter II [§ 276h - § 276k] - MEXICO-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

Subchapter II-A [§ 276l - § 276l] - BRITISH-AMERICAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

Subchapter II-B [§ 276m - § 276m] - UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (CSCE)

Subchapter II-C [§ 276n - § 276n] - UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

Subchapter II-D [§ 276o - § 276o] - UNITED STATES SENATE-RUSSIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

Subchapter II-E [§ 276p - § 276p] - UNITED STATES SENATE-JAPAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

Subchapter III [§ 276aa - § 276ee] - KERMIT ROOSEVELT FUND

Subchapter IV [§ 277 - § 277j] - INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION

Subchapter V [§ 278 - § 278b] - GORGAS MEMORIAL LABORATORY

Subchapter VI [§ 279 - § 279d] - UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

Subchapter VII [§ 280 - § 280c] - SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION

Subchapter VIII [§ 280h - § 280i] - CARIBBEAN COMMISSION

Subchapter IX [§ 280j - § 280k] - PAN AMERICAN RAILWAY CONGRESS

Subchapter X [§ 281 - § 281l] - THE INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Subchapter XI [§ 282 - § 282p] - INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

Subchapter XII [§ 283 - § 283z-13] - INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Subchapter XII-A [§ 283aa - § 283ii] - INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Subchapter XIII [§ 284 - § 284dd] - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Subchapter XIV [§ 285 - § 285hh] - ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Subchapter XV [§ 286 - § 286aaa] - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Subchapter XVI [§ 287 - § 287l] - UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

Subchapter XVII [§ 287m - § 287t] - UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

Subchapter XVIII [§ 288 - § 288l] - PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Subchapter XIX [§ 289 - § 289d] - INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION

Subchapter XX [§ 290 - § 290e-1] - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Subchapter XXI [§ 290f - § 290f] - INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

Subchapter XXII [§ 290g - § 290g-26] - AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

Subchapter XXIII [§ 290h - § 290h-9] - UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Subchapter XXIV [§ 290i - § 290i-12] - AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Subchapter XXV [§ 290j - § 290j-1] - UNITED STATES-INDIA FUND FOR CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION

Subchapter XXVI [§ 290k - § 290k-11] - MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY

Subchapter XXVII [§ 290l - § 290l-9] - EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Subchapter XXVIII [§ 290m - § 290m-8] - NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND RELATED PROVISIONS

Subchapter XXIX [§ 290n - § 290n-6] - UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION

Subchapter XXX [§ 290o - § 290o-7] - MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENT BANK

Subchapter XXXI [§ 290p - § 290p] - INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY

Subchapter XXXII [§ 290q - § 290q] - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES