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Membership for Taiwan in IMF, United States Code Title 22 Chapter 7 Section 286v, Enacted 7 October 1980
This section of the U.S.C. was originally chapter 339 section 36 (31 July 1945). It was amended by Public Law 96-389 Sec. 6 in 1980.
October 7, 1980
United States Code
TITLE 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7 - International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
SUBCHAPTER XV - International Monetary Fund and Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Sec. 286v. Membership for Taiwan in Fund
It is the sense of the Congress that it is the policy of the United States that Taiwan (before January 1, 1979, known as the Republic of China) shall be granted appropriate membership in the Fund and that the United States Executive Director of the Fund shall so notify the Fund.
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