United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-02-07 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-03-401R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-401R P0b002ee18037d99e f:d03401r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-401R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-401R GAO-03-401R International organizations Legislation Monetary policies International Monetary Fund Correspondence A06067

Over the past 50 years, Congress has shown increasing interest in legislating U.S. policies concerning the International Monetary Fund (IMF or the Fund). In 2001, we reported that the United States had 60 legislative mandates prescribing U.S. policy goals at the Fund. These mandates covered a wide range of policies, including human rights, international trade, and weapons proliferation. Because the Fund is an international organization, it is generally exempt from U.S. law. However, Congress can seek to influence IMF policy by directing the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Board of the Fund to pursue specific policies or vote in a particular way as part of his duties. In 2000, Congress directed us to assess the Department of the Treasury's efforts in advancing U.S. legislative mandates at the Fund. The Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000 requires us to report annually on the extent to which IMF practices are consistent with U.S. policies as set forth in federal law. In January 2001, we reported that the Treasury instituted a formal process in 1999 to systematically promote congressionally mandated policies at the Fund. We also found that while Treasury had some influence over Fund policies, it was difficult to attribute the adoption of a policy within the Fund solely to the efforts of any one member because the Fund generally makes decisions on the basis of consensus. In this report, we provide an update on (1) the status of the U.S. Treasury's process for advancing congressional mandates at the Fund and (2) the number of U.S. legislative mandates concerning the Fund. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-401R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-401R.htm GAO-03-401R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-401R Correspondence GAO-03-401R; Treasury Maintains a Formal Process to Advance U.S. Policies at the International Monetary Fund; International organizations Legislation Monetary policies International Monetary Fund Title 5 Section 5315 5 U.S.C. 5315 Title 22 Section 2225 Title 22 Section 2370a Title 22 Section 262d Title 22 Section 262e Title 22 Section 262h Title 22 Section 262k Title 22 Section 262n Title 22 Section 262o Title 22 Section 262p Title 22 Section 262r Title 22 Section 262t Title 22 Section 2799aa Title 22 Section 286aa Title 22 Section 286bb Title 22 Section 286cc Title 22 Section 286dd Title 22 Section 286e Title 22 Section 286ee Title 22 Section 286ff Title 22 Section 286gg Title 22 Section 286k Title 22 Section 286kk Title 22 Section 286ll Title 22 Section 286mm Title 22 Section 286nn Title 22 Section 286oo Title 22 Section 286s Title 22 Section 286u Title 22 Section 286v Title 22 Section 286w Title 22 Section 286x Title 22 Section 286y Title 22 Section 286z Title 22 Section 5605 Title 22 Section 6034 Title 22 Section 6302 Title 22 Section 6445 Title 22 Section 6713 22 U.S.C. 2225 22 U.S.C. 2370a 22 U.S.C. 262d 22 U.S.C. 262e 22 U.S.C. 262h 22 U.S.C. 262k 22 U.S.C. 262n 22 U.S.C. 262o 22 U.S.C. 262p 22 U.S.C. 262r 22 U.S.C. 262t 22 U.S.C. 2799aa 22 U.S.C. 286aa 22 U.S.C. 286bb 22 U.S.C. 286cc 22 U.S.C. 286dd 22 U.S.C. 286e 22 U.S.C. 286ee 22 U.S.C. 286ff 22 U.S.C. 286gg 22 U.S.C. 286k 22 U.S.C. 286kk 22 U.S.C. 286ll 22 U.S.C. 286mm 22 U.S.C. 286nn 22 U.S.C. 286oo 22 U.S.C. 286s 22 U.S.C. 286u 22 U.S.C. 286v 22 U.S.C. 286w 22 U.S.C. 286x 22 U.S.C. 286y 22 U.S.C. 286z 22 U.S.C. 5605 22 U.S.C. 6034 22 U.S.C. 6302 22 U.S.C. 6445 22 U.S.C. 6713 Title 50 Section 1701note 50 U.S.C. 1701note Public Law 103-160 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 106-79 Public Law 106-113 Public Law 106-386 Public Law 106-429 Public Law 107-56 Public Law 107-99 Public Law 107-115 Public Law 107-228 Public Law 107-245 Public Law 108-04