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

The United States Government, in connection with its voice and vote in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , the International Development Association , the International Finance Corporation , the Inter-American Development Bank , the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Bank , and the African Development Bank , shall promote the development and utilization of light capital technologies, otherwise known as intermediate, appropriate, or village technologies, by such international institutions as major facets of their development strategies, with major emphasis on the production and conservation of energy through light capital technologies. ( Pub. L. 95–118, title VIII, § 801 , Oct. 3, 1977 , 91 Stat. 1071 ; Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII , §§ 1342(c), 1371(b)(1), Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 743 , 746.) Editorial Notes Amendments 1981— Pub. L. 97–35 redesignated subsec. (a) as entire section, inserted reference to African Development Bank , and struck out subsec. (b) which related to an annual report to Congress on progress toward achieving goals of this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 1981 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Aug. 13, 1981 , see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35 , set out as an Effective Date note under section 290i of this title . Effective Date Section effective Oct. 3, 1977 , see section 1001 of Pub. L. 95–118 , set out as a note under section 282i of this title .

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