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 2006-06-29 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-876R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R P0b002ee18039cade f:d06876r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R GAO-06-876R Foreign policies International organizations Monetary policies Policy evaluation Reporting requirements International Monetary Fund Correspondence A56119

In recent years, Congress has demonstrated significant interest in legislating U.S. policies regarding the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Currently, the administration is charged with responding to dozens of legislative mandates related to the IMF, including advocacy for certain IMF policies, instructions for U.S. voting positions on IMF assistance to borrower countries, and requirements to report to Congress on various aspects of U.S. participation in the IMF. Since 2001, we reported that the United States had maintained nearly 70 legislative mandates prescribing U.S. policy goals at the IMF. These mandates covered a wide range of policies, including policies regarding combating terrorism, human rights, international trade, and weapons proliferation. As an international organization, the IMF 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 on the IMF's Executive Board to pursue certain policy considerations or to vote in a particular way on IMF programs or on assistance to specific countries. In 2000, Congress directed us to assess the Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) efforts to advance U.S. legislative mandates at the IMF. 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 Treasury instituted a formal process in 1999 to systematically promote congressionally mandated policies at the IMF. We also found that, although Treasury had had some influence over IMF policies, it was difficult to attribute the adoption of a policy within the IMF solely to the efforts of any one member because the IMF generally makes decisions on the basis of consensus. Since 2003, we have provided yearly updates on (1) the status of Treasury's process for advancing congressional mandates at the IMF and (2) the number of U.S. legislative mandates concerning the IMF. This report provides a similar update for 2006. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R.pdf GAO-06-876R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-876R Correspondence GAO-06-876R; Treasury Has Sustained Its Formal Process to Promote U.S. Policies at the International Monetary Fund; Foreign policies International organizations Monetary policies Policy evaluation Reporting requirements International Monetary Fund Title 5 Section 5315 Title 5 Section 5316 5 U.S.C. 5315 5 U.S.C. 5316 Title 22 Section 2225 Title 22 Section 262d Title 22 Section 262h Title 22 Section 262k-1 Title 22 Section 262k-2 Title 22 Section 262k Title 22 Section 262n-3 Title 22 Section 262o-1 Title 22 Section 262o-2 Title 22 Section 262p-4n Title 22 Section 262p-4o Title 22 Section 262p-4p Title 22 Section 262p-4q Title 22 Section 262p-4r Title 22 Section 262p-6 Title 22 Section 262p-7 Title 22 Section 262t Title 22 Section 2799aa-1 Title 22 Section 286bb Title 22 Section 286cc Title 22 Section 286dd Title 22 Section 286e-11 Title 22 Section 286e-8 Title 22 Section 286e-9 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 286y Title 22 Section 286z Title 22 Section 5605 Title 22 Section 6445 Title 22 Section 6713 Title 22 Section 6901note 22 U.S.C. 2225 22 U.S.C. 262d 22 U.S.C. 262h 22 U.S.C. 262k-1 22 U.S.C. 262k-2 22 U.S.C. 262k 22 U.S.C. 262n-3 22 U.S.C. 262o-1 22 U.S.C. 262o-2 22 U.S.C. 262p-4n 22 U.S.C. 262p-4o 22 U.S.C. 262p-4p 22 U.S.C. 262p-4q 22 U.S.C. 262p-4r 22 U.S.C. 262p-6 22 U.S.C. 262p-7 22 U.S.C. 262t 22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1 22 U.S.C. 286bb 22 U.S.C. 286cc 22 U.S.C. 286dd 22 U.S.C. 286e-11 22 U.S.C. 286e-8 22 U.S.C. 286e-9 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. 286y 22 U.S.C. 286z 22 U.S.C. 5605 22 U.S.C. 6445 22 U.S.C. 6713 22 U.S.C. 6901note Title 50 Section 1701note 50 U.S.C. 1701note Volume 113 Page 1501 113 Stat. 1501 Volume 118 Page 2809 118 Stat. 2809 Public Law 103-160 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 106-79 Public Law 107-99 Public Law 107-228 Public Law 108-61 Public Law 109-102