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[CITE: 22USC262p-4]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
Sec. 262p-4. Instructions to United States Executive Directors; 
        indigenous people in borrowing country; determination of impact; 
        protection of rights; consultation
        
    The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to initiate 
discussions with other executive directors of the respective bank and to 
propose that the bank take such steps as may be necessary--
        (1) to determine, at the time an initial feasibility study is 
    conducted with respect to a proposed project and to the fullest 
    extent possible, the impact such project would have on indigenous 
    people in the borrowing country;
        (2) to ensure compliance with loan conditionalities relating to 
    the protection of the rights of indigenous people to lands and 
    resources; and
        (3) to consult with indigenous people, and nongovernmental 
    organizations representing indigenous people, at every phase of loan 
    design, planning, implementation, and monitoring.

(Pub. L. 95-118, title XVI, Sec. 1605, as added Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-131, 1329-134.)

                          Codification

    Section 1605 of Pub. L. 95-118 is based on section 701 of title VII 
of H.R. 3750, One Hundredth Congress, as introduced Dec. 11, 1987, and 
enacted into law by Pub. L. 100-202.


                               Definitions

    The definitions in section 262p-5 of this title apply to this 
section.
