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# 22 U.S.C. § 286e–8 - Treatment of creditors in debt rescheduling

## Text

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director to seek to assure that no decision by the International Monetary Fund undermines or departs from United States policy regarding the comparability of treatment of public and private creditors in cases of debt rescheduling where official United States credits are involved.

(July 31, 1945, ch. 339, § 29, as added Pub. L. 95–435, § 3, Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1052; amended Pub. L. 96–389, § 5, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1554.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1980—Pub. L. 96–389 struck out “on the use of the facility” after “Monetary Fund”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–389 effective Oct. 7, 1980, see section 12 of Pub. L. 96–389, set out as an Effective Date note under section 286s of this title.