(a) Authority of Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to subscribe on behalf of the United States to 20,519 shares of the capital stock of the Agency, except that the subscription shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

Terms Used In 22 USC 290k-8

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • subscription: includes a mark when the person making the same intended it as such. See 1 USC 1

In order to pay for United States subscription authorized in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $222,015,580, for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(c) Dividends deposited into Treasury

Any payment of dividends made to the United States by the Agency shall be deposited into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt.