Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

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, § 80191 Stat. 1071Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII95 Stat. 743(, , ; , §§ 1342(c), 1371(b)(1), , , 746.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 97–351981— 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

Pub. L. 97–35section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35section 290i of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

Effective Date

section 1001 of Pub. L. 95–118section 282i of this titleSection effective , see , set out as a note under .